Permaculture for The Poor – Lots of Food – Kickstarter campaign

Hey, Folks. One way that I have been inspired to make permaculture accessible to folks of all socioeconomic statuses and ethnic backgrounds is through the Lots of Food project. Please consider supporting this project. We’re teaching people, feeding them fresh food in the middle of food deserts, and learning lessons that I believe we will be able to share with other permaculture activists.

Now for the generic message part…
Since spring 2013, I have been the program director of a new project, Lots of Food, a program of Seeking Common Ground. Lots of Food (LOF) (www.lotsoffood.org) is planting public food forests all around Rochester – planting free food right where there are hungry people who need it. We have been working on 12 gardens so far. Over the coming decades, these food forests will provide garden neighbors with nuts, fruits, vegetables, seeds, and medicinal and edible herbs and flowers. We’re very excited to see that our work is already having a positive impact in the neighborhoods as both adults and children come out to work in the gardens, learn about the plants, and ask questions. At the MontgomeryNeighborhoodCenter, the community interest has been so strong that one of our team members is co-leading a Winter Children’s Program one night a week after school. We have done all of this with almost no funding.

I am excited to continue this work into 2014 and beyond. This project is truly life giving work for me! Fundraising will mean that we can spend more time in the gardens working with folks and less time scrounging for resources. I hope that you will consider giving what you can to support our fundraising efforts. And, yes!, please share this email with anyone you know.

Kickstarter Campaign – $2500 all or nothing effort that ends 1/8/13. If we raised $2500 or more here, we receive the funding; even a dollar less means we get $0. This campaign is focused on raising funds to support the MontgomeryNeighborhoodCenter. As you’ll see if you watch the video, we are making a difference already. Here’s our project URL:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523519243/lots-of-food-garden-at-montgomery-neighborhood-cen

Warmly,

patty love, MALS, PDC

Lots of Food Program Director

(a program of Seeking Common Ground, Inc.)
www.lotsoffood.org

www.rochesterpermaculturecenter.org

http://www.meetup.com/RochesterPermaculture/
www.barefootpermaculture.com

PO Box 18212, Rochester, NY14618

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"My life’s purpose is gathering and sharing resources and information that regenerate my own and others’ abundant existence and vibrant well-being." ~ patty love

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