Upcoming Events:
The NOFA bulk order pickup will be held at the Meetinghouse Farm (same location as last year) on Saturday, March 17. Please Note: Pickup times have been changed to 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The Farm is located on Route 149 on the north side of Route 6 near the historic 1717 Meetinghouse in the Village of West Barnstable in the Town of Barnstable.
TRUCKS STILL NEEDED! The order this year is much bigger than it was last year, and Kevin and Tamar, who coordinate the pickup, need a couple of extra people with trucks to pitch in. The order gets loaded at Jonathan Sprouts Organics, 170 Middleboro Road, in East Freetown (it’s about 25 miles off Cape). If you can help, please e-mail Tamar at tamarhaspel@gmail.com.
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Jess and Friends
The Cape Cod Organic Gardeners Club will be meeting on Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 pm at The Whelden Library on Rte. 149 in West Barnstable. Our speaker will be Jess Powers, who will share her experences working on an organic farm in Uganda, Africa.
Organic Farming in Uganda
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On Saturday, March 24, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, there will be a seed starting workshop. This will be held at the Kelly Farm at 66 Marston Lane, Cummaquid. Please call Jean to register at 508-362-8136.
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Local News:
GreenCAPE wins 25 Years of Victories Award
Our own Sue Phelan and other members of GreenCAPE have won one of Toxics Action Center’s 25 Years of Victories Awards. The goal of this program is to recognize the top 25 winning campaigns that the Toxics Action Center organizers helped make happen, and to honor the community leaders throughout its 25th anniversary year. An awards ceremony was held on March 3rd as part of the Environmental Action 2012 conference in Boston.
Senator Dan Wolf will be giving Sue and other GreenCAPE leadership a citation in honor of their receiving the award. This citation will be presented at the Barnstable Town Council meeting being held Thursday, March 15, 7:00 pm, 367 Main St, Hyannis. CCOG members are encouraged to attend!
Congratulations to Sue and GreenCAPE for this recognition of all their hard work!
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GreenCAPE is also one of the co-sponsors of the upcoming 30th National Pesticide Forum, Healthy Communities: Green solutions for safe environments, being held at Yale University, New Haven, CT, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, March 30-31, 2012.
Although organic farming and land management continue to grow, policies to protect people from pesticides are threatened in the Northeast and around the country. At the same time, cutting-edge science links pesticide exposure to health problems, honey bee colony collapse, and other environmental issues. Join researchers, authors, beekeepers, organic business leaders, elected
officials, activists, and others to discuss the latest science, policy solutions, and grassroots action.
For more information visit http://www.beyondpesticides.org/forum/
