Seattle's Stone Soup - Urban Farming Project Site

This site is a resource for community-based urban farming projects that invite everyone to contribute what they can – “stone soup projects”.

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Christina Hahs replied to Christina Hahs's discussion 'More Incubator/Street Food Resources'

Also found this today on the PI website: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/419306_food01.html Meals on wheels: City explores ways to increase street food vendors "Gary Amaral pursues his favorite mobile-food outlet, driving miles at a time for a…

May 3, 2010

More Incubator/Street Food Resources

I'm piggybacking off the email Ken sent on April 14th about La Cocina. They have a resource section on their page that lists California and Federal resources on setting up small food businesses, including mobile vendors. There are a few links to projects in NY and SFO focused specifically on mobile vendors. Check them out:…See More

Discussion posted by Christina Hahs Apr 28, 2010

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Christina Hahs replied to Viki Sonntag's discussion 'Fresh produce Street Vending Resources'

Best line ever from the second NYT Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/nyregion/11carts.html But not everyone in the Fordham neighborhood was in a celebratory mood. “It may be good for health, but it’s bad for business,”…

Apr 28, 2010

Fresh produce Street Vending Resources

Continuing the discussion of street food resources, here are some resources on fresh food street vending: Pocket markets are one or two tent markets with produce from many farmsand processors in a region. They offer a regular venue for communitygardeners and urbanfarmers to sell their goods in the community. Here's a link to a guide on establishing pocket markets: http://www.foodroots.ca/pmtoolkit_index.htmThe original pocket market…See More

A discussion started by Viki Sonntag was featured Apr 26, 2010

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Fresh produce Street Vending Resources

Discussion posted by Viki Sonntag Apr 26, 2010

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Street Food in Seattle - resources

Streetfood <www.streetfood.org> is an advocacy website with a global south perspective.In December, Josh Mahar posted the article "Let ten thousand Seattle food carts bloom: City proposes street food reform" on the CHS Bog.It's a really good read - and includes the proposed changes to city regulation:Eliminate…See More

A discussion started by Ken Cousins was featured Apr 21, 2010

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Magic Bean Farm is now a member of Seattle's Stone Soup - Urban Farming Project Site Mar 29, 2010

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Creating a Home Graywater System

Peak Moment 141: (same as 3/4/09 with added diagrams) Trathen Heckman takes us on a step-by-step tour of how to make a safe, ecological and legal suburban ho...

Video posted by Viki Sonntag Mar 28, 2010

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Stone Soup Potluck and Project Check-In at Cascade People's Center (Back Room)

March 4, 2010 from 6pm to 8:30pm

Hi, all,Wanting to re-engage with the Stone Soup Urban Ag projects? Here's you chance! Thursday, March 4th, at the Cascade People's Center, we are having a potluck gathering to do some connecting, hear what's happening and plan the next steps.We all know we need resources to take urban ag to the next level. Stone Soup Projects are a way to gather our energy around common goals. We have two Stone Soup Projects working - one on building a resource network and one to put together an urban ag…See More

Emma Johnson is attending Viki Sonntag's event Mar 4, 2010

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Jenny Heins commented on Viki Sonntag's event 'Stone Soup Potluck and Project Check-In'

sorry to miss it. i have a class that night.

Feb 26, 2010

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Stone Soup Potluck and Project Check-In at Cascade People's Center (Back Room)

March 4, 2010 from 6pm to 8:30pm

Erin Christensen might attend Viki Sonntag's event Feb 25, 2010

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Stone Soup Potluck and Project Check-In at Cascade People's Center (Back Room)

March 4, 2010 from 6pm to 8:30pm

Christina Hahs is attending Viki Sonntag's event Feb 24, 2010

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Christina Hahs is now a member of Seattle's Stone Soup - Urban Farming Project Site Feb 24, 2010

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Janice Dilworth is now a member of Seattle's Stone Soup - Urban Farming Project Site Feb 22, 2010

Welcome Them!

David Muehleisen commented on Viki Sonntag's event 'Stone Soup Potluck and Project Check-In'

Hi All, I would love to attend but I'm already committed to an event on that night. Great organization and thank you for the invite

Feb 20, 2010

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What are the Urban Ag Stone Soup Projects?

The Stone Soup Projects are an experiment in creating “open source” economic development projects to accelerate the growth of a sustainable regional food system. Our first “series” of projects are on urban farming. Each project is intended to be designed for everyone and anyone to contribute what they can in the way of time and skills.

At a kickoff event on Nov 7th, a diverse group of participants broke into design teams to brainstorm one project idea per group that meets at least two of the three challenges. The three challenges were:
* How do we engage a sufficient number of people in urban farming with a goal of building a self-reliant community?
* How can urban agriculture help meet the demand for affordable, fresh, sustainably and justly produced food in economically disadvantaged areas in Seattle?
* How can urban agriculture become an economically viable opportunity for immigrants, disadvantaged youth and other folks who need work?

We came up with three project designs. You can view video of the original project proposals and of the entire kickoff event on this network site.

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Urban Farming Radio Show - Green$ense

This edition of Green $ense will focus on urban agriculture - from

gardening to farming - as Robert Colangelo interviews guests that

include non-profits, visionaries, and entrepreneurs that are reducing

the carbon footprint by bringing food to the people. Podcasts available

at http://greensenseshow.com.

Glenda Daniel, Community Greening Director of Openlands, will discuss

how they are protecting open space, how they're… Continue

Posted by Viki Sonntag on February 11, 2010 at 3:50pm

Grist: The new wave of urban farming (and fresh food from small spaces!)

Do you dream of an organic garden, but don’t have a yard? A flock of chicks, perhaps, but don’t have a yard? Home-grown food, and lower grocery bills (but, alas, no yard!)? Dream no more, because you can have it, and without quitting your job, trading your bus pass for a pickup, or moving to the rural north.

A new wave of farming is happening in a city near you. While true, Old MacDonald had a farm (ee-i-ee-i-o), his offspring have some urban fish to fry. They’re working off loans,… Continue

Posted by Ken Cousins on November 19, 2009 at 9:53am — 1 Comment

Notes from Stone Soup Nov 7th Group Purple

Stone Soup Notes - Urban Business Plan Template.pdf

The above file contains the notes from Group Purple's initial brainstorm as well as the further discussion and design of the business plan template.

You will find a list of the initial ideas we had (many of which were good), as well as the short list and then the final design discussion… Continue

Posted by Elliot Cohen on November 8, 2009 at 4:54pm

This is for the "Resource Center Team!!

I knew about this place a little, however until yesterday it really didn't occur to me....this is a GREAT model to craft our local variant I think. It has many of the elements discussed yesterday and brings together a centralized physical and digital point.

http://www.resourcecenterchicago.org/

It is also utilizing our collective skill sets dynamically.

Posted by Edward Benote on November 8, 2009 at 11:18am