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Vote for RVAFARMS to help them receive $10,000 in startup funds, to build an urban farm in a Richmond food desert.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:39:31 -0400

Vote for RVAFARMS to help them receive $10,000 in startup funds, to build an urban farm in a Richmond food desert.:

active-rva:

Every single one of you should vote and reblog. This is incredibly low-effort and could be unfathomably high-impact.

RVAFARMS is competing in i.e’s annual startup competition, to win $10,000 to construct an urban farm in one of Richmond’s dozen food deserts. A food desert is a place in which the only food available for sale is convenience store fare and fast food, if that- there are no grocery stores, and to reach a grocery store, the frequently impoverished or elderly residents must travel long distances. From their description:

“RVA Farms will operate an urban farm in the city of Richmond, Virginia that sells fresh organic fruits and vegetables in food deserts. Our urban farm will feature hoop houses, an outdoor demonstration garden and learning pavilion. We will be Richmond’s first urban farm B-Corporation.

Richmond has 12 USDA designated food deserts, and a poverty level of 25%. RVA Farms will market to these communities using pop-up farmer’s markets that accept SNAP and WIC, culinary arts classes and other culturally relevant programming. We will also market to local restaurants, grocery stores and feature a CSA for the city.”

These folks are legitimate- they’re not gentrifiers, they know what they’re talking about (one of the key organizers is Duron Chavis, who works with the McDonough Community Garden), they explicitly connect the struggle for food access to the struggle for black communities to have economic power, and they’re really, truly needed in this city. They deserve your vote.

[[If you get an error message saying you’ve already voted, don’t worry, the website people have explained that you’re just getting the wrong message and your vote will be counted anyway.]]

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Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:03:04 -0500

mielegrey:

This is Mary Anne Alexie, my cousin, and she has gone missing in Anchorage, Alaska. If you have any information or helpful information, please let me know. Please reblog this.