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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-03-06, Page 62ii ; M PROGRESS '91 eholders e� uce • • • 1f7fq 'amity -Garden PrOjeet GP). have been eating the 'vegetables of thenciabor all winter and now they are busy planning the next gardef . e idea behind the HCGP is.. simple; f. households each par a share of a age, ganic garden's ting cost in exch ge for. a h in 1 yearly hvs t .... "It's ' a Concept that es; the' stress off the people- who produce our food. Supporiarg of the.,garden aro sharing in the risk as Nell as the crop thereby assuring - , that the. fanner is not exploited, not a mars or to the cause of supplying tis with the necessity of forst" :said Pauli Sommer of Dungannon. a* patron of the HCGP. The project was organized in February of x990 when David Par- sons, a biodynamic gardener and orc haurdist, presented the .concept of a citimunity supported garden to a midi ow. , of intereSted ci i ns. The project's . garden coientl located between Goderich b;and Bayfield ori Concession Road 20,1t' is on an 0 -acre parcel of lid -Oby Bob and BOefirt The location of -the garden may not permanent. For the first year of the pioject there were 2-2 shareholders in. F .volved. These people shared in a boun- tiful Run tiful harvest, the crops included: Peas, 105 lb.; lettuce, 680 beau; broccoli, 200 lb..; beets 2,000 :ib.4,. onions, 2,740 ib.; tomatoes, ..2,500 lb.; corn; 200 dozen; carrots, 3: lbw;. sweet potatoes, 1,200 lb4; :potatoes, 2,600 fb.; and cabbage 480 heads. "The food definitely tastes better when it is orgaunicall giowne, e . vegeles were of a ` superior quality and in excellent condition;"_ said Sommer. "David was also.le to grow Japanese vegetables, sweet potatoes, cantaloup and .water- melon;;produce thatis not native to the area, ii i sU OsJt 7. . Some' added that community supported agriculture addresses the holistic health issue. "Community supported agneulture is for people do not want to have to eat food that .has been :sprayed, treated, irradiated, -trans forted, stored and packaged:, said Sotanter, "Consumers want t0. know mar the agricultural movementisaddtesing .the dangerous sigon that are earth is in now." The communitygarden °utilizes chemical-fee agriculture • ::`�4.on .; feeding the soil not the plan. y, recycling nutrients within the soil that are beneficial to diellants the so�1 nurtures:' the plants flourish. The .long term vision of the shareholders is to have farm based on cominunity'supported agriculture which prodrs animals, gns vegetables, and fruit. Shareholder, in the 'project encourage, but not .obligate,: participate in the •Iipakeep of gg n. ' nter kni ;a pt $8, tc 3� Z,?, t u WW1. Tuesday and Satoirdaya voliniteets, wound go :out to psi d iner4 A'Da id*sistt d Abet only people *Ito wanted .to he; there be Apo*, so' it was a .,great 4e40 fun! Ctursbai tolderse mC fkOm waiks ,of l e so we ..h4d dost ,aet`ot' and ,politics o ttogeOlgittAtarkett side We ,naoc:hoped b , ° cute back ?oto agriculture and X we did — • great .deal or a wort was done by , As the had, a cost limit. they had. to a .resourceful and they. often: asked at la to donate :tools and uip eat" for Arden wow "David. ameticulous Manager, He_had us outthere weeding carrots there is to year: that -were sprouted. maybe three millimetres out' or e grei!mid wilt gonir. g , A person involved with the Hum inployment Liaison Plograili (HELP) ill ntonswas also 1104 to assist.ParSons in harvesting. A sharels planned to be enough: vegetablefor a ily of four for eseason eating,. some -freezing, and some :root vegetables ;'to store for iwinter e t of of-le'stoke,. , `$400.' shares or winter shams ,!1!),V‘also bepurchased for $200* $u gin, i t 1110 may owner puree a:;half share,'om P . may, -just wt'vegetables .sue carrots, potatoes, ; s4tt �r��a1f' "..' •:1 e. `onions, they can gain access to. uce !after" the first frost wil explained SSoter, xpenses are paid f 'in ad- rhe shareholders,. ,that Icor debt." r' page urea coon Jett were able to piic Y they Were brtuy the es est .. possibl • ANIMAL HEALTH PRODUCTS Irnpiante` rmerso Louse KGliers Vitamins, D sinfectants. uILt" MalI Pet IFICift ► Li tet and Rawhide odl s oekalb .ted ore, Spe re Gr ss IuIk: Ga rdeni Seeds=t'norn peas, . rears, etc. 1PP IES: S , 's ..os )Coco. Shel _ h Manure,. etc .eta .sooner salt, H .!dVraroy Fencing, . afar. Twiner Round Bale Tarps, Post Ropollorrs, Etc CALL US OR .DROP IN TO .•L WIiYI/fi.Yidi.-YiJiYC i..i Y�Ic..:YriYrJli�a_YY'wwiC itirii�i�lYliw—,_. ... .-- .. '8814971 • Your Local Shur -Gaits haler. Home Of past, courteous ervice i; A Great Place To Deal •