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DESCRIPTION:I just love the people who have been coming out and helping run the stand, 
 which has left me free to talk to people and to work a little with people 
 that want to garden while the stand is open. I got busy for a while working 
 with my young friend Zeus who loves to garden, so we planted some scarlet 
 runner beans. I unfortunately didn't get a chance to talk to everyone and I 
 know some people came that I wanted to say hi to. Also, I keep meeting 
 people that want to help. There is so much gardening to do and seedlings to 
 propagate. I am hoping that I can help enlist some of the gardening energy 
 that is out there so we can grow more of our own produce.\n\nAnd that ties 
 into this other thought. I would still like to get a good garden 
 information booth set up that can help people with their garden questions 
 and can encourage people to grow their own (in English and Spanish). We 
 have been giving away a lot of plants, but it could be better if we gave 
 out information on how to care for them and if we could set up a garden 
 support network.\n\n----------  Hey nice people....\n\nGot organic food to 
 share? Know about organic gardening and want to share your knowledge with 
 the public? Got seeds or seedlings to donate? Have a fruit tree that we can 
 glean fruit from for feeding the poor? Care to volunteer your time helping 
 us tend our gardens? Hook up with the Free Farm Stand!\n\nBE SURE TO READ 
 TREE'S BLOG AT http://freefarmstand.org/\n\nWe strive to attain the 
 following goals:\n\n•help make locally grown, fresh and nutritious 
 organic produce accessible to all, especially those families and 
 individuals on low-incomes and tight budgets.\n\n•help empower people who 
 have the space to grow their own food and become more 
 self-reliant.\n\n•promote good nutrition and health\n\nWhat we 
 do:\n\n•We grow as much food as can in our Mission neighborhood and 
 distribute it for free at our Sunday Free Farm Stand.\n\n•We offer garden 
 advice and help to those who want to put in a backyard garden.\n\n•We 
 grow seedlings and starts to give away and other plants.\n\n•We offer a 
 place where neighbors can come and share their extra produce that they have 
 grown with others.\n\n•We provide a drop-off place for local organic 
 surplus food from both local gardeners and organic farmers.\n\n•We offer 
 a weekly gathering spot where neighbors can get to know each other and 
 share their diverse cultures and traditions.\n\n•We harvest organic fruit 
 from backyard fruit trees and public spaces give away it away at the Free 
 Farm Stand.\n\n•We give away honey from local bee keepers and educate 
 neighbors about bees and gentle beekeeping.\n\n•We are working with the 
 San Francisco Permaculture Guild on a number of food growing projects to 
 turn a vacant lot on Potrero Hill into a Permaculture mini-farm that will 
 grow food that will go to the Free Farm Stand and other groups that 
 distribute food to the hungry.\n\n•We are working with about fifteen kids 
 that attend Jamestown after school program, teaching them about gardening 
 and where our food comes. We work with them to gain a sense of care for 
 their community.\n\nThe Free Farm Stand happens on Sundays 1-3pm. For more 
 information or if you want to help or if you have or know of a fruit tree 
 that needs picking email us. \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/28/18591578.php
SUMMARY:FREE FARM STAND: Help us feed the poor
LOCATION:Treat Commons Community Garden located at Parque Niños Unidos at the 
 corner of 23rd St. and Treat Ave., SF
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/28/18591578.php
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