The upshot - keeping rural farming alive - Brief Article

GoodLetter, June 20, 2002

June 21 marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere (and the winter solstice for all of you GoodLetter readers down under!).

And with the changing of the seasons and the passing of time, reflections on both recent accomplishments and dreams deferred are natural parts of life. For this year's solstice, the Puget Consumers Co-Op (PCC) Farmland Fund is reflecting on its efforts to protect productive agricultural land from sprawling urban development in the Pacific Northwest and celebrating in high style. Having just saved its second farm and the rich wildlife habitat surrounding it, the Farmland Fund is part of growing grassroots movement throughout the world to ensure that the agricultural character and abundance of the places we live survives.

Learn more about the Farmland Fund: http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/info/farmland.html

Are you interested or involved in the agricultural land trust movement? Share your thoughts: http://goodthings.com/04_02_share.asp

Celebrate the seasons!