Our first meeting on Nov 22 went very well. We had over 20 people attend and engage in an interesting discussion about what a Farm Worker Cooperative in Seattle could look like. We decided on next steps including organizing ourselves into teams to start planning business structure, planting/harvesting, land recruitment, membership and outreach, and resource development.
The next meeting is December 3 at a yet to be decided location from 6:30-9:30pm. We’ll be building a shared vision of what our organization will look like and how it will function based on our shared values. If you are interested in attending, please email us at info@seattlefarmworkers.com.
Membership is currently open to anyone interested in creating a new organization around growing and selling food in Seattle. We’ve already got interest from folks wanting to feed themselves a weekly share and others who want to develop a model to provide them with ongoing living by growing and distributing food. So tap into the project!
If you can’t make it to this meeting, say hi to us at the “Confronting the Food Crisis” teach-in at Garfield Community Center on Dec 5 & 6, 2008, sponsored Community Alliance for Social Justice.
