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The first project of Deep Garden Design, a permaculture design group, is a forest food garden demonstration site on  3/4 acre in Athens County funded in part by a two-year $6000 SARE grant.

The first project of Deep Garden Design, a permaculture design group, is a forest food garden demonstration site on  3/4 acre in Athens County funded in part by a two-year $6000 SARE grant.

I've attached the meeting notes from our Sept. meeting. Thanks to Courtney Denning for taking notes and to Bob Fedyski for additions.

Jim Hightower"Local" Goes LocoIn "Through the Looking Glass," Humpty Dumpty declared, "When I use a word, it means what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less."Mr. Dumpty would have loved living in our era of corporate-speak, when even a plain word of obvious meaning can be dumped down the semantical rabbit hole to be swirled and twirled by marketing meisters.Then — sproing! — out it pops, looking like the same word, but now burdened with a convoluted connotation that is the very opposite…See More

Athens Food Policy Council MeetingWednesday, July 8th 2009Village Bakery Patio 6:30-8:30Next Meeting of AFPC: Wednesday Sept. 9 6:30PM Catalyst Cafe, West Union near SR 682.Policy Council Members & Working Group: Athens Food Policy Council Coordinator Michelle Ajamian, RoseMary Roe & Courtney Denning-Public Land/Community Gardens, Sarah Conley-Ballew-Farmers Market Permanent Site, Bob Fedyski & Christine Hughes-Local/Institutional/School Buying, Nancy Pierce-Urban Agriculture/City…See More

I am attaching two maps-One that shows city owned land and current usage. The second that shows wellhead areas.

Can you imagine how many corn tortillas, chips, crackers, breads and bowls of cereal are eaten in our region? Want to learn about how we are working to create opportunities for farmers, restaurants, retail grocers, bakers, buying clubs, schools and food banks while replacing commodity staples with local products?Join us for an evening of food, to hear how this dynamic project is unfolding, and to offer us your thinking for next steps.PLEASE RSVP BY JULY 20 SO THERE'S ENOUGH FOOD FOR EVERYONE TO…See More

The Athens Food Policy Council formed in 2009 to develop a comprehensive strategy to promote healthy, equitable, and sustainable food systems in our region.See More