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	<title>Comments on: Is Organic Farming a Form of Activism? A Call for Land Reform</title>
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		<title>By: Dee</title>
		<link>http://civileats.com/2009/05/22/is-organic-farming-a-form-of-activism-a-call-for-land-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-3351</link>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Antonio,

I agree with your concerns about economic sustainability and the need to make sustainable food economically just for all, the producer as well as the consumer. I share your idea that landowners could probably be persuaded to &quot;lease&quot; (for free) use of their land for a CSA in exchange for a share. Where I live, if someone makes $1,000 a year on their farm land, they get a huge property tax break. For that reason alone small landowners like me would be willing to let a new farmer use a piece of their land for a CSA, for free. The farmer would have to build some fencing, but  would provide water (we have a large pond), manure (horses graze in my pasture), all the leaves you could want for mulch or composting, and the land.
I&#039;ve been talking to folks near where I live in North Carolina and I think it&#039;s doable. Which means it should be doable anywhere where the landowner gets some kind of tax break or incentive to put some of his/her land into farming.
Keep working on it, great idea and one that has to be addressed if we are every going to have truly sustainable farming.
Dee</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Antonio,</p>
<p>I agree with your concerns about economic sustainability and the need to make sustainable food economically just for all, the producer as well as the consumer. I share your idea that landowners could probably be persuaded to &#8220;lease&#8221; (for free) use of their land for a CSA in exchange for a share. Where I live, if someone makes $1,000 a year on their farm land, they get a huge property tax break. For that reason alone small landowners like me would be willing to let a new farmer use a piece of their land for a CSA, for free. The farmer would have to build some fencing, but  would provide water (we have a large pond), manure (horses graze in my pasture), all the leaves you could want for mulch or composting, and the land.<br />
I&#8217;ve been talking to folks near where I live in North Carolina and I think it&#8217;s doable. Which means it should be doable anywhere where the landowner gets some kind of tax break or incentive to put some of his/her land into farming.<br />
Keep working on it, great idea and one that has to be addressed if we are every going to have truly sustainable farming.<br />
Dee</p>
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		<title>By: Stephanie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 20:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am an intern doing farmwork as well...growing a veggie garden. I&#039;m busy trying to push the envelope and expand the gardens, create a more permaculture landscape, bring in chickens, just get a harvest that I&#039;m proud of...and it&#039;s so easy to get sucked into the work, but I&#039;m also left with the question at the end of the day when I&#039;m trying to fall asleep: How am I ever going to keep doing this as something other than an intern or a renter? I&#039;m sure you already know this, but you aren&#039;t alone!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am an intern doing farmwork as well&#8230;growing a veggie garden. I&#8217;m busy trying to push the envelope and expand the gardens, create a more permaculture landscape, bring in chickens, just get a harvest that I&#8217;m proud of&#8230;and it&#8217;s so easy to get sucked into the work, but I&#8217;m also left with the question at the end of the day when I&#8217;m trying to fall asleep: How am I ever going to keep doing this as something other than an intern or a renter? I&#8217;m sure you already know this, but you aren&#8217;t alone!</p>
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		<title>By: Allison</title>
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		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 16:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think one way to engage in activism around accessibility to affordable, organic whole foods is to help ordinary citizens to do their own farming. Help poor urban residents to build raised-bed gardens and provide starter seeds and physical labor to get them started. Teach how to sow, plant and harvest.  

Another thing is to organize with Habitat for Humanity to encourage the inclusion of vegetable garden space with every home they build. This is being done in at least one location.  When we build space for gardening into homes, we can motivate people to use the space or at least share it with neighbors who do want to garden.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think one way to engage in activism around accessibility to affordable, organic whole foods is to help ordinary citizens to do their own farming. Help poor urban residents to build raised-bed gardens and provide starter seeds and physical labor to get them started. Teach how to sow, plant and harvest.  </p>
<p>Another thing is to organize with Habitat for Humanity to encourage the inclusion of vegetable garden space with every home they build. This is being done in at least one location.  When we build space for gardening into homes, we can motivate people to use the space or at least share it with neighbors who do want to garden.</p>
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		<title>By: MK</title>
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		<dc:creator>MK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 15:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been surprised and inspired by the number of creative land tenure arrangements I&#039;ve seen since I began farming in Massachusetts this spring. Trading a CSA share for land, long term leases from land trusts, or slowly taking on an older farmer&#039;s operation are just some of the models I have witnessed.   One of my happiest realizations is that you CAN get on land, without throwing yourself into debt or indenturing yourself to a wealthy landowner.  Come east, my friend!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been surprised and inspired by the number of creative land tenure arrangements I&#8217;ve seen since I began farming in Massachusetts this spring. Trading a CSA share for land, long term leases from land trusts, or slowly taking on an older farmer&#8217;s operation are just some of the models I have witnessed.   One of my happiest realizations is that you CAN get on land, without throwing yourself into debt or indenturing yourself to a wealthy landowner.  Come east, my friend!</p>
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		<title>By: Is Access to Land a Human Right? &#171; amanda&#8217;s bamboo dispatch</title>
		<link>http://civileats.com/2009/05/22/is-organic-farming-a-form-of-activism-a-call-for-land-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-3247</link>
		<dc:creator>Is Access to Land a Human Right? &#171; amanda&#8217;s bamboo dispatch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 19:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] 22, 2009   Fantastic piece by Antonio Roman-Alcalá over at Civil Eats today. I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot lately about access to land and it&#8217;s implications on [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] 22, 2009   Fantastic piece by Antonio Roman-Alcalá over at Civil Eats today. I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot lately about access to land and it&#8217;s implications on [...]</p>
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		<title>By: shash</title>
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		<dc:creator>shash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>awesome post! thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>awesome post! thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Amerigo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amerigo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 15:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well Said!!- All of it.</description>
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		<title>By: Ed Bruske</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ed Bruske</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 10:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That says it all. Great post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That says it all. Great post.</p>
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