"The snow is melting, the ground is thawing, we’re getting ready to trade our long underwear and wool socks for shorts and bare feet. It’s spring and at Landslide Community Farm spring means it’s time to get to work in the dirt! The cold weather plants—leafy greens—are planted in our outdoor planter boxes protected from the late frosts by cold frames. Early vegetables are planted and ready to sprout in an off-site green house. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, farm volunteers are hard at work clearing vines and invasive species, building steps and stable paths on our hilly farmland, and constructing and repairing planter boxes. And later this spring we’ll be planting a hundred or so fruit trees (apples, pears, paw paws and cherries) in our permaculture forest garden.
Spring is the busiest season of the year so if you’re at all interested in volunteering at Landslide, stop by for a work day and lend a hand. And if you just want to see what’s going on at the Farm, come by on Sunday afternoon for our neighborhood vegan brunch!
The Farm From Below—Landslide presents at City from Below Conference in Baltimore, MD
Four volunteers from Landslide Community Farm traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, to participate in the City From Below conference. The conference, organized by Baltimore-based organizations—including Red Emma’s, the Indypendent Reader, the Baltimore Development Cooperative, campbaltimore, and the Campaign for a Better Baltimore—brought together community organizations from across the country to share stories and discuss ideas on building alternative spaces for collaboration, sustenance and resistance.
Landslide volunteers presented a workshop on some of the opportunities and pitfalls of urban farming titled, “Challenges in Radical Sustainable Living: A Look at Landslide Community Farm,” and co-facilitated a panel on cooperative living with the Red Clover Collective from Baltimore. We had an incredible opportunity to meet and network with inspiring organizers from homeless organizations in New York, anti-eviction organizers from Boston, day laborer organizers from Baltimore and land reclamation organizers from Miami.
About Landslide:
Landslide is a Hill District-based farm dedicated to providing a free source of healthy food to the community. We are committed to sustainability and are working with the concepts of permaculture. We hope to be a neighborhood-run project that focuses on education as well as mutual aid.
Farm meetings are held at the Farmhouse every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Formal workdays are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays starting at 9 a.m.
Neighborhood brunches are at the Farmhouse every Sunday at 1 p.m.
More information on Landslide at http://www.landslidecommunityfarm.org"
ORIGINAL SOURCE: Infoshop News
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