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Year of Plenty

Shared Earth Site Links Landless Gardeners With Gardenerless Land

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I posted awhile back about Landshare, an effort in England to connect farmers and gardeners with unused plots of land. It appears to be off and running there, but I wanted to pass along the word that a similar effort is underway here in the U.S. called Shared Earth. I checked it out and it look like Seattle and Tacoma have a couple listings. Here's a challenge - who will be the first gardener or garden from Spokane to sign on? Free french fingerling seed potatoes from Year of Plenty for the first.



Year of Plenty

The Year of Plenty blog was created by Craig Goodwin in the winter of 2008 to chronicle the experiences of his family as they sought to consume everything local, used, homegrown or homemade. That journey was a wonderful introduction to people and movements in the Spokane area who are seeking the welfare of the community through local foods, farmers markets, community gardens, sustainable transportation, and more fulfilling and just patterns of consumption. In 2009 and beyond the blog will continue to report on these relationships and practices, all through the eyes of a family with young children. Craig manages the Millwood Farmers' Market, is a Master Food Preserver and Pastor at Millwood Presbyterian Church. Craig can be reached at goody2230@gmail.com