Re-Purposing Perth-Andover:
The Demographic Factor Francine St. Amand In recent issues of Blackfly, I discussed the Educational, Environmental and Economic factors in the pitch to restore and redevelop the flood-prone areas – primarily on the Andover side – as a naturalized park. This park would allow space to integrate other community...
REDEFINING PERTH-ANDOVER: IT′S EVERYONE′S RESPONSIBILITY
Doug Griffiths, author of ῝13 Ways to Kill Your Community″, outlines his observations of what people do that contribute to their community′s decline. The following is a summary of point #13 in his book. Don’t Take Responsibility Lack of housing and financial resources, declining volunteerism, high...
Tobique First Nation Community Garden
Community gardens are sprouting up everywhere! In these days of ever rising food costs, and as more folks become aware of the dangers of genetically modified organisms and pesticide and herbicide drenched produce, it only makes sense to grow your own food. Growing a garden puts us back in...
Plant a Community Garden to Harvest Lower Crime Rates
A growing body of research shows that community farm projects reduce violence and crime. These statistics may have come from research projects in major urban areas…but the results make intuitive and rational sense no matter where you live. We ourselves may live here out in the boonies, and...
Community Garden in Perth-Andover!
The wheels are turning and the gears are beginning to mesh on the Perth-Andover Community Garden Project. The village of P-A has some funds available to help kick start this project, and we sure have plots of land to use for gardens within the village these days. But...
Community Gardens
This is from Wayne Sabine. Wayne and his wife Dilys operate Circle S Farms, a Certified Organic Farm in Tilley, NB For the lion’s share of my adult life, the dream of self-sufficiency has been a goal toward which my meandering life path has headed. It has been like...
Community Orchards
Communities all over the world are reclaiming unused public space and planting them with Community Orchards & Gardens. This idea has really taken off in recent years as folks have faced tough financial times, and also as more people want to eat fresh local produce. Here in our own...