we hold the hands of trees and dance

UPRISING ORGANICS (FOOD STAMP DEMOGRAPHIC)
brian, crystine, rowan - 360 201 0468, seeds 360 778 3749
attra article
slow foods skagit
anacortes farmers market - rhonda gotheberg
bellingham food coop's csa flier -- 25 people
bought house on iron street and land-only in acme? commute?
i hike middle fork, inter-tube trip from acme

intro
mfl, riversong, wazzu extension office small farm class
five acres + barn + house on chuckanut drive .5 mi n bow
20 person vegetable / fruit / nut food stamp csa
organic certification
engineering job
2010 make them Sunday lunch; have them visit my home?

Can I be apart of the Farmers Market Nutritional Program (FMNP, WIC) for women as a CSA? no only market, $2 tickets upto $25 ... Do they have large funding? all towards non organics, dairy lobbying

Do I need a business license? yes easy/hard
a. are the additional b/o taxes worth it?- sales tax, food not taxable, jam taxable
b. if i come in under a certain income limit i could do, csa food stamp with out license? no

My latino friends. Do you share your land with people? conflicts? How long of duration?

organic certification? greenbook? easy/hard?
must evergreen trees to separate fields? in greenbook? different types of neighbors means different types of borders, investigate

Food stand or just farm pickup location? people coming to your farm versus drop off locations?
the beauty of people seeing the land? u-pick? do you focus on CSA as community, parties? single mothers too busy

--Which USDA forms? farmstand - i would be 'retail store'
three rules
1 no contract
2 cant owe money, loan
3 cant pay ahead of time
'agreement' amongst friends -- to show, time, cash deposit of two weeks if no show

call usda 877 823 4369 for an application? (from greenbook pg 77)
--What kind of machines sent? by mail? (DSHS WA EBT project? 360 725 4553) no from feds
Less upfront cash flow? wa 'vouchers'? (from greenbook? pg 77) if no electricity for ebt machine, or multiple sites, mail them into government... uprising never uses them
$250 June-October christie (2 people)
$300 June-? uprising (1-2 people) 15/wk
$400 June-? (4-6 people) 20/wk
they do farmers market prices (csa 10% more produce because pay upfront, traditionally)
food should be a priority, they don't cheap themselves
growingpower website ebt transactions
dandelion organics deliver box with selected produce
"june-october seasonal" otherwise ebt machine penalty
where to advertise? my job, my friends...

i am looking to buy seeds for next year, online purchasing? where shipped from? they distribute for three state network
Tractor versus horse/donkey farm?
approach appropriate technology?
drip irrigation?

all by hand start
goal collective, many hands
honor machinery, not dead matter
hoes
horrie-horrie
swinging hoe
they bough a honorable tractor two years ago
they wish people shared more
she challenged me to use the whatcom gmail server to ask other farmers for pooling together

buy in second week of january 2010
red express cabbage 100 row feet, (2) plantings?
scarlet nantes carrots 100 row feet, (2) plantings?
rainbow versus golden chard 100 row feet, (1) planting
favorite kale? 100 row feet, perennial?
favorite lettuce? 100 row feet, (1) planting?
favorite tomato? (2) 50 row feet, green/antiwater house