[UrbanCropCircle] Fwd: Action Alert: Help save the Hollywood Farmers Market
Julianne Jaz
jazwoman at gmail.com
Thu Dec 9 21:40:51 PST 2010
As folks who love gardening and all that follows from that, I hope you'll
take a moment to send a note in support of the Hollywood Farmers Market...
THANKS!
Julianne
*South Central Farmers*** *Feeding Families
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Action Alert: Save Hollywood Farmers Market
Action Alert: Hollywood Farmers Market Needs your help... We could
lose a twenty year quality of life....
Dear Fellow Community Leaders,
As you may have learned, our flagship certified farmers' market, The
Hollywood Farmers Market (HFM), no longer has a permit to continue
operating. The city is withholding our permit renewal because the L.A. Film
School wants the farmers situated south of Selma Ave. along Ivar Ave.
(approx 50) to vacate the area so that they may have access to 120 rooftop
parking spaces - on a day when they do not even hold classes. The farmers'
market footprint is a complex ecosystem and one that took 20 years to
develop. It cannot be easily reconfigured within the existing neighborhood
without multiple ramifications, including the possibility of losing the
Farmers' Market in its entirety, and inflicting serious losses to our
non-profit that operates the HFM and other markets and educational programs
in underserved areas of Los Angeles.
The HFM is not only important for Hollywood and the surrounding
neighborhoods but also supports SEE-LA's small community markets we operate
in neighborhoods such as Watts, South Central, Crenshaw/Baldwin Hills,
Canoga Park, Echo Park and East Hollywood. These markets provide a safe
environment for families to purchase fresh produce with funding such as
SNAP/EBT (food stamps) & WIC and also bring food education classes to parent
centers and schools in those areas.
I am asking that you, as influential community members and supporters of
SEE-LA, send a letter of support to the authorities responsible for
approving our pending permit. We are waiting to have a permit issued by the
Department of Public Works/Bureau of street Services. I have attached a
sample letter to be used as a template for your convenience. The letter
should be on your organization letterhead and addressed to:
Honorable Eric Garcetti, President of the City CouncilCity of Los Angeles
Department of Public Works, Board of Public WorksCity Hall200 N. Spring
St.Los Angeles 90012councilmember.garcetti at lacity.org
Andrea AlarconBoard of Public WorksDepartment of Public Works200 N. Spring
StreetCity Hall, Rm 361Los Angeles 90012andrea.alarcon at lacity.org
City of LA - PW/Bureau of Street Services
Attn: David Rivera
Investigation & Enforcement Division
1149 S. Broadway, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90015<span> david.rivera at lacity.org
Thank you all for your support. We will keep you updated on this issue.
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Sample Letter You can use.
December 9, 2010
Honorable Eric Garcetti, President of the City Council
City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Board of Public Works
City Hall
200 N. Spring St.
Los Angeles 90012
<Name>
<Title>
<Org>
<Address>
RE: Hollywood Farmers’ Market Street Closure Permit
Dear Council President Garcetti and Commissioners of the Board of Public
Works:
I am writing to express my support for the application for
Special Event Street Closure currently under review by the City of Los
Angeles Board of Public Works, submitted by Sustainable Economic Enterprises
of Los Angeles (SEE-LA), the operator of the Hollywood Farmers’ Market
(HFM). I strongly urge the Board and Bureau of Street Services to issue the
necessary permits to allow SEE-LA to continue operating the HFM as it has
for the past 19 years. I believe the HFM is an important community event
which brings many social, economic, and public health benefits to Hollywood,
and hope that you will recognize the tremendous public support for this
beloved Los Angeles institution by allowing it to continue to operate in its
current layout, on the 1500 and 1600 blocks of Ivar Ave., the 6300 block of
Selma Ave., and the 1600 block of Cosmo Street in Hollywood.
Thank you for your consideration. Please feel free to contact me at <phone
or email> to discuss this issue of great concern to us and many other loyal
Hollywood Farmers’ Market supporters.
Sincerely,
<Name>
<Title>
<Org>
Here is the location of the word document...
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HFM Is key for our Community
Farmers Markets are key components for quality of life in our communities.
We need more of them. Not Less!
South Central Farmers
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Thomas Jefferson said he didn’t think we could have democracy unless at
least 20% of the population was self-supporting on small farms so they were
independent enough to be able to tell an oppressive government to stuff it.
It is very difficult to control people who can create products without
purchasing inputs from the system, who can market their products directly
thus avoiding the involvement of mercenary middlemen, who can butcher
animals and preserve foods without reliance on industrial conglomerates, and
who can’t be bullied because they can feed their own faces.
- Eliot Coleman,
Author, Farmer, Human Being
“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I
hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle
that,” the great American inventor Thomas Edison said in 1931.
If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where
they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay
alive.
- Barry Lopez, in Crow and Weasel
Let only laughter scar your face.
Rwandan saying
" As you turn the earth to plant your own backyard garden, plant an extra
row for the hungry. When it is time to harvest your labor of love, drop
your donation at the emergency food pantry or soup kitchen in your
community. In this way, even the neediest among us will know that the earth
has not forgotten their name.”
- Patty Karlovitz
Co-Publisher and Managing Editor
Local Flavor Magazine
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Thomas Jefferson said he didn’t think we could have democracy unless at
least 20% of the population was self-supporting on small farms so they were
independent enough to be able to tell an oppressive government to stuff it.
It is very difficult to control people who can create products without
purchasing inputs from the system, who can market their products directly
thus avoiding the involvement of mercenary middlemen, who can butcher
animals and preserve foods without reliance on industrial conglomerates, and
who can’t be bullied because they can feed their own faces.
- Eliot Coleman,
Author, Farmer, Human Being
“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I
hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle
that,” the great American inventor Thomas Edison said in 1931.
If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where
they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay
alive.
- Barry Lopez, in Crow and Weasel
Let only laughter scar your face.
Rwandan saying
" As you turn the earth to plant your own backyard garden, plant an extra
row for the hungry. When it is time to harvest your labor of love, drop
your donation at the emergency food pantry or soup kitchen in your
community. In this way, even the neediest among us will know that the earth
has not forgotten their name.”
- Patty Karlovitz
Co-Publisher and Managing Editor
Local Flavor Magazine
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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