This is the monthly Friends of the Richmond Greenway meeting, although it has been pushed back a week (normally it is the 3rd Wednesday of the month). We’ll discuss the exciting Groundworks Trust headway, the 2009 MLK Day of Service and more.
Come do some fall garden clean-up and planting at the Peace Garden at 1st and Nevin Street in Richmond from 9:30 to 12:30! We’ll be inviting Peace Garden neighbors to get involved with 5% Local, so bring a dish featuring west County food to share. Doria will run the regularly scheduled Berryland workday at the […]
You are cordially invited to join the 2nd planning meeting for the 2009 MLK Day of Service on the Richmond Greenway which will be on Monday, January 19th, 2009. The planning meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 15th from 5:30 to 7:00 at the Nevin Community Center on 6th Street and Nevin, just down […]
You are cordially invited to join the first planning meeting for the 2009 MLK Day of Service on the Richmond Greenway which will be on Monday, January 19th, 2009. The planning meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 1st from 6:00 to 7:30 at the Nevin Community Center on 6th Street and Nevin, just down […]
5% Local Coalition Foodshed Policy Packet Local Government Policies, Initiatives, and Programs to Grow a Foodshed in Richmond I. You can ask your City Council to. . . A. Adopt a resolution that: Recognizes existing community food production projects and their role in improving the local food system. Supports and encourages commercial market gardens, community […]
Great news! On Saturday, September 13th, 2o08 Richmond’s own Annie’s Annuals will be hosting their annual Do It Yourself Sale. Even better news—10% of all plant sales will be donated to Friends of the Richmond Greenway to support projects on the Richmond Greenway (like the MLK Jr. Day of Service or Berryland). You can head […]
Richmond’s own Rebecca Newburn has just launched a new blog intended to support grassroots movement towards more sustainable neighborhoods. Check it out at http://thriving-in-the-burbs.com/. She includes sustainable living newsletter templates that could be rewritten for any neighborhood. Earth Victory Gardens play a large role in her vision of more sustainable neighborhoods….Very exciting!
We have settled on the 1st Saturday of every odd month from 9:30 to 12:30 for the 5% Local Coalition Steering Committee meetings. The general plan is to meet and work from 9:30 to 10:30 and talk business from 10:30 to 12:30. Meetings rotate among various affiliated food production sites. Steering Committee meetings are open […]
Please join the 5% Local Coalition and the Richmond Garden Club for a tour of east County farms arranged by Kathryn Lyddan of the Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust. Exact details won’t be arranged until mid-August, but we will probably rendezvous at Catahoula Coffee around 9:00, carpool, and spend most of the day in east County visiting […]
Thank you to the Richmond Garden Club for your interest in the 5% Local Coalition’s work. The RGC’s monthly meeting will be at Berryland/Lincoln School Farm on the Richmond Greenway from 10:00 to 11:00 am. Park Guthrie will talk about Berryland, Lincoln School Farm, as well as the broader 5% Local Coalition’s efforts to create foodshed […]
