Here is a complete blip.tv video of a 10/21/10 presentation by Lilly Lombard, President of Grow Food Northampton, at Leeds Grammar School. The event was co-sponsored by the Leeds Civic Association and the Baystate Village Association. This video is 51 minutes long and was recorded by Lachlan Ziegler.
From the event description:
Come on out to learn about Grow Food Northampton’s effort to buy the Bean and Allard farmland in Florence to create a community farm.
Lilly will present a slide show and answer questions about what the Northampton Community Farm will look like, how it could benefit our community, and how citizens can help make it a reality.
Here are the slides from the presentation. As of October 26, GFN has raised $289,600.
See also:
Northampton Office of Planning and Development: Bean and Allard Farms
Ward 3 Open Space Survey Results (10/11/10)
Here are the top five responses to Question 7 (among the 94 respondents who answered the question correctly):
If you could tell the City three things that we needed in Ward 3 that would make it better from an open space and recreation point of view, which of the following would you choose to say?
- We need to conserve as much farm land and agricultural soil as we can…
Video: Glynwood Presents “Keep Farming” at Agricultural Forum (9/25/10)
Springfield Republican: “Northampton task force to unveil plans for former Bean, Allard farms” (7/5/10)
Gazette: “Northampton council approves $990,000 for farms” (2/5/10)