Multicultural Gardening

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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Re: multicultural community gardens (Betsy Johnson)
>   2. info for graduate project (Lisa Messersmith)
>   3. RE: RE: What we do when the bulldozers aren't around: (Honigman,
Adam)
>   4. ORGANIC SYSTEMS RESEARCH AT LAND GRANTS &  NATIONAL PUBLICATION
>  FOR THE YOUTH SERVICES FIELD (Laura Berman)
>   5. Re: multicultural community gardens (Lenny Librizzi)
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> Message: 1
> From: "Betsy Johnson" <betsyjohnson@mindspring.com>
> To: <hs82@cornell.edu>
> Cc: "Listserve CommunityGardening" <community_garden@mallorn.com>
> Subject: Re: [cg] multicultural community gardens
> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:58:37 -0400
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> The book is Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
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> Hi,
> I am looking for any information you all may have on different cultural
> groups creating and using community gardens.  I am doing a project about
how
> urban community gardens can provide an opportunity for people to maintain
> cultural heritage in urban settings and increase cross-cultural
interaction
> and understanding.  Does anyone have or know of records of various
> cultural/ethnic groups making use of urban gardens in particular ways?
Does
> anyone know of any surveys/interviews done to find out why and how
gardeners
> are growing particular food/flowers/etc. in urban community gardens?
> -Lisa
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> Message: 3
> From: "Honigman, Adam" <Adam.Honigman@Bowne.com>
> To: "'daniel bowers'" <danielbowers@yahoo.com>,
> "'communitygarden@mallorn.com'" <communitygarden@mallorn.com>
> Subject: RE: [cg] RE: What we do when the bulldozers aren't around:
> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:09:04 -0400
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> Sorry Dan:
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> Here's a link for the Villager - Just scroll down and you'll get to the
the
> community garden story eventually:
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> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:22:27 -0400
> To: Laura Berman <laura@foodshare.net>, community_garden@mallorn.com,
> lgmesser@earthlink.net
> From: Lenny Librizzi <plantlot@rcn.com>
> Subject: Re: [cg] multicultural community gardens
> Reply-To: plantlot@rcn.com
> Organization: Council on the Environment
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> Lisa,
> Cornell University is doing a Garden Mosaics project. Contact Marianne
Krasny at mek2@cornell.edu. Also Laura
> Saldivar-Tanaka a Cornell Student is completing her masters on hispanic
gardens in NYC. Contact her at
> ls85@cornell.edu. I also wrote a short article for our newsletter at the
Council on the Environment about multicultural
> gardens. I am attaching a copy of the file.
> Lenny Librizzi
> 7/13/2001 10:12:33 AM, Laura Berman <laura@foodshare.net> wrote:
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> >Lisa,
> >FoodShare Toronto  has a  3 year program called Seeds of Our City that is
> >looking at  exactly this. We are in the 2nd year of the funding and are
in
> >the process of compiling the data and anecdotes. The person to be in
touch
> >with is Lauren Baker <lauren@foodshare.net>.  She is on vacation until
mid
> >August so you can reach her then.
> >
> >I'd also suggest that you contact ACGA board members, Marti Ross-Bjornson
> >in Chicago <m-bjornson@nwu.edu>,  Sally Anne Sadler "
> ><sally-anne.sadler@metrokc.gov> and  Prof. Gerda Wekerle at York
University
> >(in Toronto) <gwekerle@yorku.ca> . Just to warn you though: Marti is busy
> >with an upcoming wedding, Sally Anne is either still away or just coming
> >back from vacation and I believe that Gerda is finishing off her
sabatical
> >so I doubt that you will hear from any of them all that soon.
> >
> >Good luck.
> >Laura
> >
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> >Laura Berman
> >Community Garden Programme Coordinator
> >FoodShare Toronto
> >238 Queen St. West
> >Toronto, Ontario M5V 1Z7
> >Phone:   (416) 392-1668
> >Fax:        (416) 392-6650
> >email: laura@foodshare.net
> >            cgnetwork@foodshare.net
> >web:    www.foodshare.net
> >


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