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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Scam targeting organic farmers
  • Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:34:52 -0500


>From another list:

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Subject: [HIGHTUNNELS] Scam targeting CSA/organic Farmers
From: Lucy Goodman <goodows AT INFINET.COM>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb. 2007 07:17:59 -0500

I pulled this off of the Local Harvest Forum
(http://www.localharvest.org/forum/). They have not contacted us Boulder
Belt Farmers yet but if they do we will refuse their "services"
Lucy Goodman



There is a nation wide scam targeting CSA farmers! We (and several
farmers we know) received multiple phone calls from people claiming to
be part of a private trust called Debt Free Organic which will give
small farmers up to 2.5 million dollars to pay off debts and use on farm
projects. They ask for a donation "to process your application". They
use a lot of persuasive language- "how open minded are you?" and >"are
you an information gatherer or do you really want help?" etc... When I
tried to get addresses, full names, tax ID etc...they got hostile. It
makes me SICK to think of them taking any small farmer's money!

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My apologies if this has been posted here before, I'm way beyond on email
and will need to just delete a bunch of stuff.

Pat
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In the Appalachian Mountains in northern Pennsylvania
Blog: http://www.entire-of-itself.blogspot.com

'Every one of us can do something to protect and
care for our planet. We should live in such a way
that makes a future possible.' - Thich Nhat Hanh





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