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- From: Alex McGregor <waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com>
- To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:32:56 -0400
Jill,
I know they gas fruit and vegetables to cause "ripening" or turning them red.
I don't
know what it is.
A noble cause! (The community kitchen.) And one that strikes a chord in me.
You have my
appreciation and admiration for taking the time for such work.
I've been feeling like the direction I've gone with growing food has been
wrong. I grow
high nutrient, chemical free food for direct sales, but have seen that only
those on the
top of the social system can afford to buy from me.
I've been trying to come up with a way to get this kind of food (and at least
some of
mine) to the people on the bottom. We have a Community Kitchen and I've
taken them some
things they don't usually get donated, like salad greens. What I would like
to do is get
something larger going and get ALL of my production and/or some high quality
food from
others to the Kitchen.
Could you share your project with us (or at least me)? I'm looking for ways
to make this
happen and would appreciate any ideas. Anyone else out there doing something
similar?
(I realize that these are stop gap measures- treating symptoms rather than
addressing the
real source. This source is economic systems which allow
wealth/power/information to be
concentrated in the hands of the few. But, people need to eat until the
system is
changed. I would like to feed some while working towards a system in which
we all thrive
and there is no hoarding.)
Alex McGregor
Walden Farm
Jill Taylor Bussiere wrote:
> Alex,
> I should be outside, but am recovering from spending all day with others
> getting ready for an open house for a Farm Market Kitchen - a community
> kitchen project we are trying to make happen. It would be beautiful weather
> to be outside, and the strawberries need yet more weeding, so I will after
> this!
>
> Thank you for your answer - it is very helpful!
> What is it that is put on the strawberries to make them turn red, even
> thought they are green, do you know?
-
Methyl Bromide till 2015/,
Hugh Lovel, 06/15/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 06/15/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Alex McGregor, 06/15/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 06/15/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Alex McGregor, 06/15/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 06/15/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Bill Shoemaker, 06/15/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Hugh Lovel, 06/15/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 06/15/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Ava Devenport, 06/16/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, Hugh Lovel, 06/16/2000
- Re: Methyl Bromide till 2015/, robert schuler, 06/17/2000
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