Hello,
After reading Wendy Reynolds & AWARE's message here on community gardens, I
contacted Meg Shields of the Toronto Healthy City Office, and Debbie Field
of Foodshare in Toronto to inquire about the excellent resources that I have
seen from both of their organizations, as well as the Food Policy Council in
Toronto related to Community Gardening. Meg passed on the message to Sean
Cosgrove at the Food Policy Council, who has been a long-standing advocate,
speaker and promoter of community gardens. He has responded with the
following note. At OPC we have some copies of materials developed by The
Good Food Project of London Ontario, that were produced in 1996 (video,
booklet, guide) on community gardens and collective kitchens, before that
project finished. I doubt that very many additional copies are available
(the plague of the under-funded community organization - good resources
vanish), but I would be willing to make a copy for AWARE or determine if
there is an organization in London that is maintaining these resources.
Alison
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Alison Stirling, health promotion consultant
Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
1(800) 263-2846 OR (416) 408-2121 ext 226
E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Internet: http://www.web.net/~stirling/
Suite 1900, 180 Dundas St. W. Toronto ON M5G 1Z8.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Cosgrove [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 4:45 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Community Gardens
Meg Shields asked me to respond.
The best community gardening "how-to" manual in Ontario ( and in North
America) is " How does Our Garden Grow?" written by Laura Berman at
FoodShare , 1997, cost is $25 Cdn.
Available from FoodShare 238 Queen St. W., lower level, Toronto ON, M5V
1S7, 416-392-1107, e-mail <[log in to unmask]>
The North American community gardening network is best represented by the
American Community Gardening Association, 100 N.20th St. #500 Philadelphia
PA, USA 19103-1495 , phone 215-988-8785 , They send out basic info
packages. Their Web site is http://ag.arizona.edu/~bradleyl/acga/acga.html .
The Board address is [log in to unmask]
and there is a list serve also. Call me a (416) 392-1107 with any questions.
Sean Cosgrove
Food Policy Council
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