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Explore Agriculture! Community Gardening at Oberlin. Pollan as Prerequisite. 13 calories of fossil energy to create one of food. Our food travels a n average of a thousand miles before it get s to us. Food is the enviro nmental imperative of where we live Hyperlocavore?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Explore Agriculture!Community Gardening at Oberlin
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Pollan as Prerequisite
• 13 calories of fossil energy to create one of food.
• Our food travels an average of a thousand miles before it gets to us.
• Food is the environmental imperative of where we live
• Hyperlocavore?
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Starting at Oberlin
• How can it be coordinated?
Local organizations +promo=
Education, cause
SeedsSoilFunding
People doing their own starts. (Spring)
In Oberlin:“Food Garden Resource Center”Eddie Miller – 440-935-5434 -- eddiemill@gmail.comhttp://Eddiemill.typepad.com/
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The 5 Tenets of Local Food
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A. Hoophouse, or “leisure greenhouse”
• Started in Cuba, then Detroit• Usually constructed for commercial purposes• $3000 for your first one, $600 after that.• Expected return of $8-10,000 per year.
For more information see: http://attra.ncat.org/University of Michigan“The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”
In Oberlin:“Food Garden Resource Center”Eddie Miller – 440-935-5434 -- eddiemill@gmail.comhttp://Eddiemill.typepad.com/
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B. Community, and Backyard Gardening
• Carl McDaniel: “Vegetables grown in a modest 10-by-70 foot space routinely provide most of our vegetables in the growing season, and we have tomatoes, broccoli, and Swiss chard into December or January.”
• These gardens grew 45% of food during WWII.• Could you do that on a small scale..?• Community Space at Oberlin
Carl N McDaniel, 2005. Lester Brown, Worldwatch InstituteJohn Jeavons, “How to grow more vegetables..”
In Oberlin:“Food Garden Resource Center”Eddie Miller – 440-935-5434 -- eddiemill@gmail.comhttp://Eddiemill.typepad.com/
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*On Clay Soils
• Actually very good at holding nutrients, just poorly drained or difficult to work with.
• Ammonium in conventional agriculture.• Rehabilitating clay soil is a long term process..– First thing you’ll want to do is improve drainage.– Till or break up 18-24 inches, then mix in substrate– Or if you have the location, 4-6 inches of straw
now? Spring topsoil over mulch.– Compost tea and a keyline plow (gasp)…
“Gardening with Clay Soil.” Jean Lien, associatedcontent.com
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C. Biochar/Compost
What I’ve learned so far:• Cool, or icky• Start collecting scraps• It takes 6 wks+ for finished compost• Variety of harvesting methods
A “worm hotel” - vermicompost
In Oberlin:“Food Garden Resource Center”Eddie Miller – 440-935-5434 -- eddiemill@gmail.comhttp://Eddiemill.typepad.com/
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D. Carbon Farming + Holistic Management
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E. Organic Farming
• Local farming and organic farming make up the bulk of the local food chain.
• Interestingly, can be done on any size piece of land... (unlike commercial agriculture)
• Local Wholesale, or Retail it• “Sell to Joe”: Common Goods• Transition or buy normal farms
J. R. Russo and Sons, Watertown MA. www.Russos.com/
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The 5 Tenets of Local Food
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Garden References for “the Middle Stuff”Resources for Oberlin Role Direction
David Miller Land David.h.miller@oberlin.net
Zion Land Noremberg, Severs, Wright
Gardening with Jerry? Land ??
George Jones Farm Soil Amenities 44333 E. Lorain St. Oberlin
East Oberlin Nursery Seeds 43974 State Route 511, 775-2151
Watson’s Hardware Seeds 775-1731
Green Circle Growers, Inc? Greenhouse Seeds 51051 US Hwy 20, greencirclegrowers.com
OGROW Partnerships
City Council Clerk’s Office Funding and information 775-1531; 775-1751
The New Agrarian Center Food Policy and Perma http://gotthenac.org
Ohio State Extension Office Gardening and Compost 42110 Russia Road
COLLEGE Gardening Labor! Contact glenngall@gmail.com
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Books
• How to Grow More Vegetables…(and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine. By John Jeavons.
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Online References
http://www.Attra.ncat.org/ : national extension office
http://www.Backyardgardener.com : FAQ’s and forums
http://associatedcontent.com : Bloggershttp://eddiemill.typepad.com/http://younoodle.com/startups/
oberlin_college_sustainability_project/
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