Comments for Woodwynn Farms http://woodwynnfarms.org Creating HomeFulness Wed, 09 May 2012 22:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Mollie Kaye Letter of Support by Laura Moore http://woodwynnfarms.org/mollie-kaye-letter-of-support#comment-2603 Laura Moore Wed, 09 May 2012 22:49:00 +0000 http://woodwynnfarms.org/?p=1625#comment-2603 Nice to see what you've been up to, Mollie:)) Nice to see what you’ve been up to, Mollie:))

]]> Comment on Check out this letter to the Times-Colonist by keaw http://woodwynnfarms.org/check-out-this-letter-to-the-times-colonist#comment-2384 keaw Mon, 07 May 2012 14:40:00 +0000 http://woodwynnfarms.org/?p=1701#comment-2384  The ALR has seen much abuse in the past and has to look ahead to avoid  misuse of agricultural lands in the future.  The ideal and goal of this project is honorable, but the reality is that once a particular agricultural property's land use has been changed to allow the building of any type of additional housing, future owners can also use that as a loop hole to build further housing (as in subdivisions).  Valuable agricultural land is then lost forever.  The ALR is in place to protect agricultural land from not only present misuse, but future misuse as well, when the motivation may not be as compassionate and idealistic. I think you'll  find that farming close to 200 acres using mainly manual labour  ( and manual labour that has been living a very unstructured life for long periods of time and will be in constant need of  professional physical, emotional, spiritual and therapeutic care) will be a lot more than you've bargained for.  We run a successful 160 acre farm on VI and it takes 'round the clock, committed, motivated and organized staff (6) in great physical and mental shape, using state of the art machinery and resources to keep it going.  Unless you operate as a subsiduary of a larger non-profit organization (and can glean the excess income a non profit must deflect in order to show no profit) such as Hope Farm, it will be a very difficult task to be self-sufficient and take care of that much land in the manner  it needs to be taken care of.   Here's hoping you have the advice and counsel of  farming experts to help you along! I wonder as well, why ALR restrictions weren't looked into before starting the whole project of  acquiring Woodwynn Farm?  Anyone active in the farming community could have told you that the ALR has been tightening up its existing policies for a while now, out of necessity.   The ALR has seen much abuse in the past and has to look ahead to avoid  misuse of agricultural lands in the future.  The ideal and goal of this project is honorable, but the reality is that once a particular agricultural property’s land use has been changed to allow the building of any type of additional housing, future owners can also use that as a loop hole to build further housing (as in subdivisions).  Valuable agricultural land is then lost forever.  The ALR is in place to protect agricultural land from not only present misuse, but future misuse as well, when the motivation may not be as compassionate and idealistic.

I think you’ll  find that farming close to 200 acres using mainly manual labour  ( and manual labour that has been living a very unstructured life for long periods of time and will be in constant need of  professional physical, emotional, spiritual and therapeutic care) will be a lot more than you’ve bargained for. 

We run a successful 160 acre farm on VI and it takes ’round the clock, committed, motivated and organized staff (6) in great physical and mental shape, using state of the art machinery and resources to keep it going.  Unless you operate as a subsiduary of a larger non-profit organization (and can glean the excess income a non profit must deflect in order to show no profit) such as Hope Farm, it will be a very difficult task to be self-sufficient and take care of that much land in the manner  it needs to be taken care of.   Here’s hoping you have the advice and counsel of  farming experts to help you along!

I wonder as well, why ALR restrictions weren’t looked into before starting the whole project of  acquiring Woodwynn Farm?  Anyone active in the farming community could have told you that the ALR has been tightening up its existing policies for a while now, out of necessity. 

]]> Comment on Check out this letter to the Times-Colonist by Tim Orr Victoria http://woodwynnfarms.org/check-out-this-letter-to-the-times-colonist#comment-2232 Tim Orr Victoria Sat, 05 May 2012 01:51:00 +0000 http://woodwynnfarms.org/?p=1701#comment-2232 I support  the preservation of agricultural land. In addition to being protected, it needs to be farmed. The Woodwynn farm proposal will use the land to produce organic produce using mostly manual labor. I can't think of a more sustainable way to grow food, or a better use of this land. I support  the preservation of agricultural land. In addition to being protected, it needs to be farmed. The Woodwynn farm proposal will use the land to produce organic produce using mostly manual labor. I can’t think of a more sustainable way to grow food, or a better use of this land.

]]> Comment on Day 72: Journey to the Edges 2012 by Colleen Corley http://woodwynnfarms.org/day-72-journey-to-the-edges-2012#comment-2071 Colleen Corley Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://woodwynnfarms.org/?p=1692#comment-2071 Be more available on the street. Tweet and facebook where you will be and invite people to come to you to meet, where you are on the streets . Make everyone become part of the process so they too will be affected by the homeless situation and experience first hand what it's like to meet you where you are living and working ... in your street office or van, rain or shine. This will help to facilitate the interaction and crossover of the homeless and mainstream by interacting with both communities where the issue is - on the downtown streets of Victoria and the other communities within the CRD. Share your experiences visually. Show the world what you are seeing that we are all not. Let people see how people are actually living on the streets so it's not being left to everyone's imagination anymore. No one in our society believes the homeless situation is as bad as it is because they don't see it; they need to see it and you're credible. Carry a camera and let everyone and anyone who wants to, have their say publicly do it to you through you. This is an opportunity to create huge awareness from within - you have the ears and eyes of both communities ... my two cents ... be safe out there Be more available on the street.
Tweet and facebook where you will be and invite people to come to you to meet, where you are on the streets .
Make everyone become part of the process so they too will be affected by the homeless situation and experience first hand what it’s like to meet you where you are living and working … in your street office or van, rain or shine.

This will help to facilitate the interaction and crossover of the homeless and mainstream by interacting with both communities where the issue is – on the downtown streets of Victoria and the other communities within the CRD.

Share your experiences visually.
Show the world what you are seeing that we are all not. Let people see how people are actually living on the streets so it’s not being left to everyone’s imagination anymore.
No one in our society believes the homeless situation is as bad as it is because they don’t see it; they need to see it and you’re credible.
Carry a camera and let everyone and anyone who wants to, have their say publicly do it to you through you.

This is an opportunity to create huge awareness from within – you have the ears and eyes of both communities …

my two cents … be safe out there

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