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VICTORY GARDENS
VICTORY GARDENS 2007+ calls for a more active role for cities in shaping
agricultural and food policy. It is a concept currently in development
with the city of San Francisco that would provide a subsidized home
gardening program for individuals and neighborhoods. This program offers
tools, training & materials for urban dwellers to participate in a
city-wide transformation of underutilized backyards- turning them into
productive growing spaces. The project draws from the historical model
of the 1940's American Victory Garden program to provide a basis for
developing urban agriculture as a viable form of sustainable food
practice in the city. . .
The program is a two year pilot project that supports the transition of
backyard, front yard, window boxes, rooftops and unused land into food
production areas. VG2007+ has the mission to create and support a
citywide network of urban farmers by (1) growing, distributing and
supporting starter kits for home gardeners, (2) educating through
lessons, exhibitions and web sites and (3) starting and maintaining a
city seed bank.
The program seeks the power to reinhabit some of the original Victory
Garden space in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and perform the duties
of development, maintenance, and operation.
http://www.futurefarmers.com/victorygardens/
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RETIREE OFFERS PACKAGE PICKUP SPOT
OMAR FEKEIKI WASHINGTON - In a city of workaholics who leave home early
and return late, many neighborhoods have their version of William Outlaw
-- or would like to. The 80-year-old retiree accepts packages for 130
Capitol Hill neighbors when they are not home during delivery hours. His
practice is so well established that delivery services often head
directly to his door without stopping elsewhere on the block. . .
What started a few years ago as a kindly offer after several packages
were stolen from neighborhood stoops has turned into a mammoth
undertaking. Outlaw has turned his living room into a de facto
storehouse of boxes wrapped in brown paper; on any given day, dozens of
packages and padded envelopes are stacked high on tabletops and floors.
Some neighbors call Outlaw the unofficial mayor of the street, not only
for his grass-roots post office but also for the way he volunteers to
clean sidewalks, check on homes while neighbors are vacationing and do
other odd chores.
Now, even on routine days, his living room is overrun by more than 50
packages. During the holidays, the room begins to look like Santa's
workshop, with packages of every size sent from across the country and
wrapped in colorful paper.
"I've had 100 packages in one day," he said. "During Christmas, you
can't get into my living room."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/
AR2007072901328.html?nav=rss_metro
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VICTORY GARDENS
VICTORY GARDENS 2007+ calls for a more active role for cities in shaping
agricultural and food policy. It is a concept currently in development
with the city of San Francisco that would provide a subsidized home
gardening program for individuals and neighborhoods. This program offers
tools, training & materials for urban dwellers to participate in a
city-wide transformation of underutilized backyards- turning them into
productive growing spaces. The project draws from the historical model
of the 1940's American Victory Garden program to provide a basis for
developing urban agriculture as a viable form of sustainable food
practice in the city. . .
The program is a two year pilot project that supports the transition of
backyard, front yard, window boxes, rooftops and unused land into food
production areas. VG2007+ has the mission to create and support a
citywide network of urban farmers by (1) growing, distributing and
supporting starter kits for home gardeners, (2) educating through
lessons, exhibitions and web sites and (3) starting and maintaining a
city seed bank.
The program seeks the power to reinhabit some of the original Victory
Garden space in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and perform the duties
of development, maintenance, and operation.
http://www.futurefarmers.com/victorygardens/
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RETIREE OFFERS PACKAGE PICKUP SPOT
OMAR FEKEIKI WASHINGTON - In a city of workaholics who leave home early
and return late, many neighborhoods have their version of William Outlaw
-- or would like to. The 80-year-old retiree accepts packages for 130
Capitol Hill neighbors when they are not home during delivery hours. His
practice is so well established that delivery services often head
directly to his door without stopping elsewhere on the block. . .
What started a few years ago as a kindly offer after several packages
were stolen from neighborhood stoops has turned into a mammoth
undertaking. Outlaw has turned his living room into a de facto
storehouse of boxes wrapped in brown paper; on any given day, dozens of
packages and padded envelopes are stacked high on tabletops and floors.
Some neighbors call Outlaw the unofficial mayor of the street, not only
for his grass-roots post office but also for the way he volunteers to
clean sidewalks, check on homes while neighbors are vacationing and do
other odd chores.
Now, even on routine days, his living room is overrun by more than 50
packages. During the holidays, the room begins to look like Santa's
workshop, with packages of every size sent from across the country and
wrapped in colorful paper.
"I've had 100 packages in one day," he said. "During Christmas, you
can't get into my living room."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/
AR2007072901328.html?nav=rss_metro
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