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"With My Own Two Hands" Urban Gardener Program
The Vision
WE - The Urban Organic Farmers
- Empowering urban neighbors by teaching them to grow organic produce and offering it for sale at our "With My Own Two Hands Farmers Market"
- Sustaining ourselves and our community with a small part of your ground for the good of mankind, our neighbors, city, state, and - in the scheme of things - our planet.
All this with our own two hands!
The Purpose
Growing veggies with a conscience and a green thumb
- First, to provide homegrown, organic veggies for you and your family.
- After that, providing organic veggies to our community @ Elizabeth Anna's "With My Own Two Hands Farmer's Market".
- Is this limited to vegetable growing? No but first let's get the core thing - local organic produce on our tables and available to those in search of real food.
The Location
- The food, fruits and veggies will be grown @ your home and at the homes of other urban gardeners who wish to participate.
- The produce will be sold at Elizabeth Anna's Old World Garden during our "With My Own Two Hands Farmers Market".
When
- Harvest season is approximately April-Oct, unless you have a green house.
- With My Own Two Hands Farmers Market will be on Saturdays and Thursday evenings.
How
- You will learn good organic veggie gardening practices through participation in a program lead by Elizabeth and James Samudio, lifetime green advocates and organic gardeners.
- Elizabeth has been growing urban veggie gardens for 20+years, both on her own and as a child when she spent endless hours with her grandparents in their organic fields.
- Elizabeth will be offering the first class on Sunday, January 20th, starting at 3 pm.
Incentives - Why Join?
It takes a village!
- A free consultation and evaluation of your veggie growing space
- A tea treatment to your yard, regularly a $95.00 value
- Access to materials Free classes 15-30% off of organic products to help grow your garden
- Discounts on labor, seeds, rain barrels, composters, etc.
- Basic instruction
- Through this program you will receive a local organic certification seal
- We will raise the awareness of our neighbors by sharing with them how we are using our land, which in turn may aid in them eliminating toxins from their grounds as well. More and more people want to go organic in their yards, they just don't know how easy and cost effective it
Cost
- Membership fee is $100 per household for the members that will be participating in the Farmers Market, but it may be deferred until harvest for those in a tight spot. Also, there is an option of working off the membership fee or paying it in installments.
- Membership fee for members that will not participate in the Farmers Market is $150.
- Members are making a commitment to sell produce at the "With My Own Two Hands Farmers Market".
- Sellers will pay a percentage of their sales to Elizabeth Anna's to cover some of the overhead of holding the market.
- Members will pay less of a percentage on their goods sold at the market than other farmers who do not participate in the training program.
Two tiers of membership starting April 4, 2008:
- Tier one is already in place
- Tier two - for those who choose not to grow for the market:
- The classes are %5.00 per class
- 10% discounts are on amendments, seeds, tools
- Workshop and community days are free
- Garden evaluation is half price at $35, regular price is $75
- A working member will do the evaluation from Elizabeth Anna's Old World Garden
Who is Membership Open To?
Anyone who has a desire and willingness to build an urban organic garden to provide produce for themselves, and to sell at "Your Own Two Hands Farmers Market".
Things to Consider
- If this act of Green living keeps you from driving to the grocery store only one day less, you save on gas and reduce emissions.
- By providing locally grown produce to your community you reduce fossil fuel use and emissions that are used to import food - from out of state and out of the country.
- If you make this your part-time job, you may save on gas, childcare, expensive clothing, stress, and groceries.
- Organic gardening has been proven to build your immune system and enhance wellbeing, due to your contact with healthy soil, chemical-free plants, fresh air and sunshine.
- Gardening provides the benefits of exercise!
- GARDENING IS FUN!!!
Elizabeth Anna & James Samudio
and the Staff of Elizabeth Anna's Old World Garden
Before...
during...
and after!