Report back: Leah just went to 1780 farm, 9 mile farm, & eco’s farm in wassaic Working with Devin from techops on developing website   Agenda: 1) Blogs Anna: journalist, writes about farm stuff, food justice, etc Wants to write for the blog Just Label It article What do we want to see written about [...]

Farms minutes date march 1st   loose facilitation. Rich is taking minutes   Reportbacks   Leah – forms went great at farming our future Hunter – farming our future is great . great feedback from farmers, 20 ppl signed the fors, 6 responded with info, must respond back. Fully functioning farms Said will give us [...]

Farms minutes date march 1st   loose facilitation. Rich is taking minutes   Reportbacks   Leah – forms went great at farming our future Hunter – farming our future is great . great feedback from farmers, 20 ppl signed the fors, 6 responded with info, must respond back. Fully functioning farms Said will give us [...]

Occupy Farms Working Group – 2/23 5:30 @ 60 Wall St. Facilitation: Leah Minutes: Carlton Stack: Bless Announcements *Scouting for Vacant Lots – looking at 596acres.org *Hunter: Report back from Wassaic **Military tents **large field **connection w/local grocery **farm truck to use for any occupy reason **outreach to other farm nearby (??? Valley Farm) *Frank [...]

Minutes Occupy Farms Emergency/Impromptu Finance meeting Jan. 13 2012   All decisions are in bold type. – Michelle was a point person, she’s usually not here, we talked to her and she is happy to step down from that position. Michelle is no longer a financial point person… Consensus! – Beer and cigarettes will not [...]

Minutes: Occupy Farms meeting 01-11-12 Announcements Anyone interested in an apartment for $100/week for members of Occupy Farms? We’re thinking either in Staten Island or Brooklyn. Email Zoealif@gmail.com if you’re interested The Bushwick farm’s wood shop is looking for volunteers – they are making greenhouses and plant beds. email ob4ndo@gmail or call 718-801-2035 if your [...]

Report back on Triple Brook Farm (much to learn, not available for Occupy XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (removed for privacy reasons)) General conversation, Milo on stack Zoe asks to be pointy person for Occupy Farms at 50 Broadway Office, Housing W.G.’s Metro Card dispersal, websites/social media/email lists, the Working group accounting/transparency, training and intake process development. Concerns raised [...]

This is a living doc by an individual. Anything you want to add put in comments section. Farming Need to look at modern, but also indigenous farming techniques for areas that we are working in.  Ex. Native American in Northeast fertilizing land with fish remains, then planting corn, beans, and squash together.  The corn stock [...]

Occupy Farms Hello friends. As you may have seen on the Internet or news programming, the Occupy movement, a leaderless, apolitical people’s revolution, is entering its third month on this day, December 17th, 2011. What you may not be familiar with is that a few weeks ago Occupy has begun to move out of the [...]

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LIVING DOCUMENT ORIENTATION -NYC pre-Farm meeting -3 docs: Questionnaire, Checklist, Values Statement -Questionnaire: Skill Set, how long staying, what you hope to learn/accomplish -Checklist: recommended gear to bring, what to expect -Values: vision of family and farm, manual labor, teaching example & retreat -NVC & Facilitation training -process overview -de-escalation overview -Farm 2-day orientation (begin [...]

Introduction Note: This is a living document and has NOT been consented upon yet by Occupy Farmland. It is a work in progress so anything you want to add or have in question please feel free to do so! Occupy Farms is a group functioning from Maine and Vermont to Florida, and eventually world-wide, in [...]