An article in today's Oregonian
<http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/like_an_eager_vine_urban_garde.html>
has a bevy of local resources for one of the cooler trends of the urban
agricultural movement, garden sharing, /"... a trend that appears to be
spreading roots across the metro area as apartment dwellers and
landowners, strangers and neighbors unite to grow their food at a time
when seed sales are up and the economy down. Here's how it works:
Everyone contributes what they can, whether it's land or labor, money or
skill, and everyone shares in the bounty."/
/"... a trend that appears to be spreading roots across the metro area
as apartment dwellers and landowners, strangers and neighbors unite to
grow their food at a time when seed sales are up and the economy down.
Here's how it works: Everyone contributes what they can, whether it's
land or labor, money or skill, and everyone shares in the bounty."/
<http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/like_an_eager_vine_urban_garde.html>
The resources are amazing, including some of the following for those to
check out locally or emulate in other places:
One resource absent from this list was featured previously on L+U, Your
Backyard Farmer <http://www.yourbackyardfarmer.com/>, which uses land
and provides gardening services of local lands in a similar fashion, for
those who have space and want some bounty. Another national network
mentioned is Hyperlocavore <http://hyperlocavore.ning.com/>, a network
for Yard Sharing around the country.
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