http://www.designsponge.com/2009/10/we-like-it-wild-produce-to-the-people.html Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:57:59 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.designsponge.com/2009/10/we-like-it-wild-produce-to-the-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-112917 Lauren Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:52:28 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=34547#comment-112917 Yes, support your small, local, organic farmers when you can, they are fighting the good fight in an all but crushing commercial food industry. Luanne, yes! Great idea! In San Francisco there is an amazing project called SF Victory Gardens that is organized by artist Amy Franceschini and Garden for the Environment, doing exactly that, and another one in Oakland organized by City Slicker Farms. Over here at Produce to the People, in the upcoming year, we are working on securing public land for inclusive community and youth based food production gardens that help teach and involve people in the act of growing their own food and sharing the harvest, while simultaneously just provide safe space for people to go. It is my hope that one day these gardens will be able to provide jobs as garden stewards to people in our community with barriers to employment, but currently we are just getting started. But yes, great idea, put it in to action! Yes, support your small, local, organic farmers when you can, they are fighting the good fight in an all but crushing commercial food industry.
Luanne, yes! Great idea! In San Francisco there is an amazing project called SF Victory Gardens that is organized by artist Amy Franceschini and Garden for the Environment, doing exactly that, and another one in Oakland organized by City Slicker Farms. Over here at Produce to the People, in the upcoming year, we are working on securing public land for inclusive community and youth based food production gardens that help teach and involve people in the act of growing their own food and sharing the harvest, while simultaneously just provide safe space for people to go. It is my hope that one day these gardens will be able to provide jobs as garden stewards to people in our community with barriers to employment, but currently we are just getting started. But yes, great idea, put it in to action!

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2009/10/we-like-it-wild-produce-to-the-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-112745 Bess Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:32:39 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=34547#comment-112745 Brilliant and overdue! Our family has been supporting organic farmers for years, but I always felt guilty that my single mom friends could never afford that luxury. This has inspired me to start a movement in Ontario. Merci! Brilliant and overdue! Our family has been supporting organic farmers for years, but I always felt guilty that my single mom friends could never afford that luxury. This has inspired me to start a movement in Ontario. Merci!

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2009/10/we-like-it-wild-produce-to-the-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-112707 Vantiani Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:24:21 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=34547#comment-112707 Absolutely inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing this! Absolutely inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing this!

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2009/10/we-like-it-wild-produce-to-the-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-112671 Luanne Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:06:32 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=34547#comment-112671 What about helping needy people plant and grow in their own yards, where they have them so that, when possible, they can also become more self-sufficient?! What about helping needy people plant
and grow in their own yards, where they have them so that, when possible, they can also become more self-sufficient?!

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2009/10/we-like-it-wild-produce-to-the-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-112561 rhondarella Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:09:34 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=34547#comment-112561 What a GREAT idea. LOVE that! What a GREAT idea. LOVE that!

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2009/10/we-like-it-wild-produce-to-the-people.html/comment-page-1#comment-112338 Katy Cowan Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:49:50 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=34547#comment-112338 Love this. Really good to see this is action. It doesn't happen much in the UK but it's growing! Hopefully it'll become more mainstream soon. Love this. Really good to see this is action. It doesn’t happen much in the UK but it’s growing! Hopefully it’ll become more mainstream soon.

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