Help Defend Drumlin Community Garden!
Just before the holidays, the Alexander Company issued a Jan. 31st eviction notice to the residents and gardeners involved with Drumlin Community Garden, one of the oldest organic urban farming efforts in Wisconsin located just off Rimrock Rd. in Fitchburg.
Supporters of Drumlin are now mobilizing to put even further pressure on the executives of the Alexander Company, as well as the elected officials who helped them acquire the $17.5 million in publicly subsidized monies that made their “community development” project possible.
The goal is to continue community gardening in the current location, to preserve and transform the historic 100+ yr old Anderberg farmhouse into a community learning center, and to ultimately shift ownership of the five acre parcel to a non-profit land trust that supports the future of community agriculture in Dane County. Drumlin is now accepting interested gardeners for the 2009 growing season – for more details please call #271-4839!
People can join the Save the Drumlin Community Gardens group on Facebook for more updates: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=26872019471
People are also welcome to join the Friends of Drumlin group which will be meeting at the Madison Infoshop (1019 Williamson St.) on Mondays at 4:00 pm to coordinate solidarity activities. For more info, call #262-9036. Those who would like to be part of a rapid response phone tree should email: maizbus@hotmail.com
Financial contributions to support Drumlin are also being accepted:
Drumlin Farm, 2853 Oregon Rd., Madison, WI 53715
To express your concerns about the proposed destruction of Drumlin, please contact:
Alexander Company
145 E. Badger Rd. #200
Madison, WI 53713
tel. #608-258-5580
fax. #608-258-5599
You can also your local elected officials, in particular Dane County Executive, Kathleen Falk #608-266-4114, to urge them to work with the Alexander Company to protect Drumlin Community Garden for the future benefit of the Southdale Neighborhood.
For more information, and to sign the petition to preserve the farm, please see http://www.drumlingarden.org/
May 25, 2009 at 2:02 am |
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