Urban Farm Tour

The Carrboro Greenspace is organizing Carrboro's second Urban Farm Tour. The eventy is scheduled for September 12, 2009.

See Also:
 * 2008 Urban Farm Tour
 * Further Living Resource Guide

Urban Farm Tour:


 * An event engaging with places that have urban farming in Carrboro. Urban farming includes things like vegetable and herbal gardens, bee-keeping, chickens, larger scale water catchment, vermicomposting….


 * Highlighting these spaces will encourage cross-pollination between the spaces and will promote ‘urban farming’.


 * Types of participation during one day event.
 * Spaces as Open House/Garden
 * Spaces with skillshares
 * Spaces with food and/or drinks

d.	Event Program and map (collaborate with CARRBORO FREE PRESS?) i.	Schedule of skillshares, food and/or drinks ii. Map bringing to light the existence of ‘urban farms’ in Carrboro iii. 3 articles about issues relating to urban gardening. e.	Celebration at end of day i.	Where ii. What

=Spaces participating=

Committed

 * 200 E. Poplar (Garden, Chickens, vermicomposting, Bees, water catchment)
 * Chris Guidry House (Water Catchment, Chickens, Garden)
 * Coop House (Water Catchment, Chickens, Garden)
 * Bog (Water Catchment, Garden)
 * 201 Lindsay street (Garden, Water Catchment, Bees, Heirloom Tomatoes)

Not yet invited

 * Northside/rosemary family (Garden)

Confirmed
=Other organizations participating=
 * OCPYC (Carrboro Elementary & MLK(Water Catchment, Garden)
 * CCGC (Water Catchment, Garden)

Not yet invited
=When= Saturday, September 12
 * Blue bikes – for getting around

=Who=

Invitations
– Identify potential interested spaces and invite

Applications
– Have application online for anyone to apply =How=

Document event

 * Photograph: manchaulk
 * Map: Rob Jones
 * Call out to Durham documentary film institute

Promotion

 * Flyers
 * For event (Large Scale Poster)
 * More immediate for soliciting participants
 * Website – Update with information
 * Publicity in Publications
 * ‘Act Now’ Independent weekly
 * Carrboro Citizen
 * Herald Sun
 * Chapel Hill News
 * Carrboro Radio (Solar Guys)
 * WCHL garden Hour
 * Carrboro Free Press
 * Collaborate with articles and map?
 * Treehugger
 * 360.org
 * Ecofoot print DONE
 * Banner at end of Estes
 * To be made on August 16ht day of movie showing.
 * Listserves
 * SURGE
 * Abundance foundation
 * FLOW
 * NC Powerdown
 * CCGC
 * Growing Small Farms
 * Carrboro Living Local Economies Task Force