http://commongoodbank.com/2009/10/cd/gunnison-co/intro democratic economics for a sustainable world Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:07:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://commongoodbank.com/2009/10/cd/gunnison-co/intro/comment-page-1#comment-4161 Todd Chinnock Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://commongoodbank.com/?p=721#comment-4161 Has anyone considered harnessing the "Food Not Lawns" movement for a more sustainable food production process? Instead of gardeners coming to cut our grass we could employ "Organic Food Specialists" to tend our yards to produce organic foods. What each family doesn't consume would be brought to market and sold returning a portion of the profits to the family to cover the costs of employing the OFS. Many lawn services are losing business and we could take that workforce pair them up with veteran food gardeners as supervisors to replan domestic use of land. Has anyone considered harnessing the “Food Not Lawns” movement for a more sustainable food production process? Instead of gardeners coming to cut our grass we could employ “Organic Food Specialists” to tend our yards to produce organic foods. What each family doesn’t consume would be brought to market and sold returning a portion of the profits to the family to cover the costs of employing the OFS. Many lawn services are losing business and we could take that workforce pair them up with veteran food gardeners as supervisors to replan domestic use of land.

]]> http://commongoodbank.com/2009/10/cd/gunnison-co/intro/comment-page-1#comment-1792 ekrawczyk Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://commongoodbank.com/?p=721#comment-1792 The Gunnison Valley is buzzing about the future of community prosperity and it's not focusing on monetary wealth, but social, cultural, and agricultural wealth. Our Farmer's Market community is next on our agenda to garnish partnership support as they provide the only resiliency to our community's dependancy on outside goods. The food community lives closely to bartering and the value of these locally grown commodities. I can see the future of Gunnison's prosperity beginning with CGB's funding these new and needed projects. The Gunnison Valley is buzzing about the future of community prosperity and it’s not focusing on monetary wealth, but social, cultural, and agricultural wealth. Our Farmer’s Market community is next on our agenda to garnish partnership support as they provide the only resiliency to our community’s dependancy on outside goods. The food community lives closely to bartering and the value of these locally grown commodities. I can see the future of Gunnison’s prosperity beginning with CGB’s funding these new and needed projects.

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