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the environment. And on hot days, there are cool ways to learn about water management: creek play! Coming this fall will be the 100 Mile Station encouraged Christa to launch her Café, orchestrated with many community juice products for her inaugural project. groups and sponsored by Social Ventures. The Learning Farm’s first product is an “We plan to transform the delicious organic grape and beet juice, produced produce of the at Cornell’s Food local harvest into Venture Center. international favorOrganic apple ites for all to enjoy.” and carrot Juice (More on this in a and orange and later column.) celery juices are Also planned is now in progress, a visit with Shirley combining fruits Sherrod from New and vegetables to Communities in delight and nourSouthwest Georish children of all gia, revered for ages. her powerful role In 2017 the with Student NonNúñez family Violent Coordinatbought an enchanting Committee ing farm located (SNCC). between Upper “The Pigford and Lower Enfield case highlighted Falls. the disparity in “We are surUSDA support for rounded by terrific Black farmers, and neighbors who subsequently the drop by with raw settlement of this milk and fresh case enabled Mrs. eggs, and join us in Sherrod to create a barn raising, buildlarge community ing projects and farm where Black growing and harfarmers can create vesting good food. networks of busiAt nearby Enfield ness development Elementary School, and cooperation we have created the and find refuge in Equitable and Edisustaining food ble Farm School. systems of their Spending time on own making.” the land with the Collaborators little ones, learning in this event may how to grow our include Cornell’s own food, we live, Small Farms Prodiscuss and pracgram and Global tice food justice, Development land justice, social Department in justice.” conjunction with The embrace Building Bridges of the Enfield (Laura Branca), community and Youth Farm (Katie the receptiveness Church), Social of the wonderful Ventures (Jeff school commuFurman and Sara nity has enriched Hess). the growth of Christa’s notthe Núñez farm’s for-profit program, growth. a Khuba InternaIn the summer Christa Núñez delivering a box of Learning Farm Juice tional’s project A and during the Quarter Acre for school year, the the People has begun grant writing to Núñez’s Learning Farm hosts programpurchase land. ming for kids from 5-18 years of age. “Our dream is for 10 families to each “We have Deep Hollow Creek with waterways and three waterfalls! This pris- own half an acre with which they will tine setting, which is a Designated Unique form an ecological pod. Families who have been marginalized and experienced Area, hosts an incredible array of plant food and housing insecurity will be wellife and so many bird and other animal comed to own and cooperatively govern species find refuge.” and farm the land. Together they will seek The program supports older kids cooperative ways to foster healthy lives.” developing leadership skills in community development, while nurturing the younger children to be good stewards of Contin u ed From Page 6
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YOUR LETTERS A tribute to Green Street Garage Well, soon it will be the middle of July. Time for some more improvements on Green St. The parking garage is due for demolition.I’m pretty sure that most of you would not understand someone feeling sentimental about a parking garage, but I’m sad to see it go. Come with me down memory lane. It’s 1977, a beautiful late afternoon on a summer day, maybe July, the sun is just beginning to head for sunset. I’m 16 and my boyfriend, a junior at the Ag. School and I have come to see the ZoboFunn Band play. They are a popular local band to an eclectic group of people (hippies) who very much enjoy the free form style of dancing their music inspires.I’ve never seen anything like this. Dancing to me means couples together doing learned steps. I had never learned so, I “couldn’t” dance. I looked at Bob and with a large, wistful sigh said,”I wish I could dance.” At 23 he was so much more confident than I was and replied, “Why can’t you? Just look, you can dance. Go give it a try.” So, on the roof of the pretty new Green Street parking garage I put on my dancing shoes for the very first time. I’ve still never learned couples dancing, but “Zobo dancing” has been a great joy to me all these years. -Dawnie Jayne Sherman, Ithaca, NY
their help. What in hell has happened in a small city called Ithaca to disrupt this long association. Why are the number of officers reducing in numbers in this Ithaca community? There must be a factor of ignorant, obsessive radical idiots, supported by a mayor possessing all of the above characteristics to restructure the IPD. The IPD was not broken, therefore if it is not broken, don’t fix it, in other words don’t F it up. What a great functional police department, Ithaca was fortunate to have. I am a veteran who has huge regard for law enforcement, be it City Police, State Police, Sheriff’s Department and Department of Environmental Conservation Police. At times they all have thankless jobs, but are more than willing to go one million extra miles to protect and project professionalism. Thank them every day for a job well done, what few good men and women remain. -Dick Costello, Lansing, NY
Re: Cayuga Lake National Bank comes to Lansing We are so excited that Kelly Gavitt, a Lansing native and resident, will be managing our new branch, which will be Lansing’s first independent, full-service financial institution. Thanks Ithaca Times for featuring us! Stay tuned for details on our grand opening this month!
-Cayuga Lake National Bank, via Facebook Re: New Solidarity Slate candidate to run against Brock Interesting move after Shaniya Foster dropped out as the Solidarity Slate candidate for that seat -Michael Memis, via Twitter
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