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Beth Ulion wrote:Great question! I'm in the same boat. I'm looking at properties in upstate NY - north of Albany - but I'm new in town. I'm trying to be close-ish to a town with folks I can be friends with so I'm trying to look for things like a food co-op and independent book store. I'm also talking to folks at the farmers market to see where they live.
Beth Ulion wrote:Great question! I'm in the same boat. I'm looking at properties in upstate NY - north of Albany - but I'm new in town. I'm trying to be close-ish to a town with folks I can be friends with so I'm trying to look for things like a food co-op and independent book store. I'm also talking to folks at the farmers market to see where they live.
Christopher Westmore wrote:If you want to focus on cultivating food you should look at places that have the climate for that. Sun, warmth, water, season. Look at existing farms in the area, if their are none then it is probably not a good place for that.
High elevation Colorado is not good for growing(except for indoor cannabis). Cold, cold short season.
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Tonya Hunte wrote:
Alas, when you live in Canada, everywhere is a bit colder than you'd like it to be
Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.
Robert Ray wrote:Chris,
I would like you to look around a bit at what others on this site have accomplished in Northern climes. Perhaps Paul's efforts in Montana would be a place to start. To dismiss outright efforts that have been successful in high elevations and north of Colorado is certainly crossing a lot of possibilities off of perfectly acceptable areas.
Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.
Robert Ray wrote:Chris,
I would like you to look around a bit at what others on this site have accomplished in Northern climes. Perhaps Paul's efforts in Montana would be a place to start. To dismiss outright efforts that have been successful in high elevations and north of Colorado is certainly crossing a lot of possibilities off of perfectly acceptable areas.
Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.
Robert Ray wrote:61 degrees lattitude Matanuska AK
Robert Ray wrote:61 degrees lattitude Matanuska AK
Patrick Edwards wrote:
Not to mention all the indigenous folks who lived there prior to colonization.
Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.
Robert Ray wrote:Chris,
I am living proof, offspring of a family of seven in Canada lived off of a garden without purchasing or adding meat as a primary protein source. My 94 year old mother begs to differ with your assessment. Permaculture doesn't relegate not adding animals to the mix and many do. If we are talking back yard permaculture on a city lot you're right it wouldn't feed a family of seven. The effort to reduce environmental impact by locally producing even part of your own food and increasing the yield with permaculture methods, which are not just organic or traditional, is worthy. We will disagree on viability and that it won't work North of the equator. Do you think permaculture has any redeeming qualities?
Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.
Christopher Westmore wrote:
Patrick Edwards wrote:
Not to mention all the indigenous folks who lived there prior to colonization.
Indigenous folks who made a living from agriculture in the northern climates ? Who was that ? I have never heard of that north of New Mexico.
Patrick Edwards wrote:
I couldn't tell you the exact extent of agriculture among every native tribe but I know for a fact that the Haudenosaunee farmed up in the northeast in what is now New England and Quebec at around 45 degrees north.
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