|Posted by thathomewoodkid on July 5, 2012 at 11:30 PM|
by Kevin Amos
In order to promote a more sustainable community and to encourage the responsibility of global citizenship, we the people of Homewood unite to focus on the environment as an important social issue, we propose to create an Urban Organic Farm in Homewood.
The Organic Urban farm will benefit community members by introducing urban farming and the process of growing foods in our community by providing new opportunities for training dislocated and unemployed community members that give them valuable life-transforming skills in all aspects of agricultural farming.
The emphasis of skills will be placed in organic farming, farm maintenance operations, a farmer’s market and food security. Our goal is to engage, educate and train community members in hands on applications into farming. We want to educate community members about the health-related benefits that stem from the practice of sustainable communities.
Our plan is to have the farm producing vegetables by Fall 2012 and to continue to expand the project into a permanent fixture in Homewood, contributing significantly to Urban Farming.
Phase of the Development
Start the community Urban Organic Farm with the participation of community members, activist, leaders and organizations in Community thru support.
Recruit Farmers to help
Plant and grow fresh produce by Fall 2012
Turn vacant lots into farming areas
Build a Homewood task force of community members for food security
Secure Funding for the Farm Project by investigating all possible resource.
Basic Outline for Starting the farm
Get Permission from the City to Use or Lease land lots
Do a soil survey
Conduct land survey of boundaries for zoning and for farming purposes
Find and look at water drainage and uses needed for farm
Begin a compost site and or find donated resources for compost
Build a green house
Due soil remediation
Purchase or receive donations for supplies and materials needed for growing. Eg - Seeds, forks, spades, wheelbarrows, etc.
WHY WE ARE DOING IT
Homewood Urban Organic Farm will promote:
Environmental responsibility in global citizenship
Sustainable agriculture in organic farming
Community engagement and development
Food access and security
Create a Farmers Market here in Homewood
The rebuilding of the Homewood community
To replace some of the negative attitudes and social disparities associated with poverty in our community.
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