What do you think about the feasibility of purchasing Putnam Farm on Rt. 12A? This historic site would be used as a farm and rural education center. The property would not be owned by the town. The stated purpose of the farm would be to provide summer jobs, rural education for all ages and local food security.
Professional management of the Putnam Farm project is under the direction of Bittinger Associates, LLC of Hanover.
Steering committee members to date include Linda Fuerst, Bill Gallagher, John Hammond, H. Clay Hawkins, Dale Lawrence, Bill and Jennifer Lipfert, Beth Lumm, Betty Miller, Lynn Schad, Gabe Zoerheide, James Thaxton of the Upper Valley Land Trust, and Seth Wilner, Sullivan County Extension Agent.
A meeting is suppose to take place some time in January - would you go?
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ReplyDeleteThe Putnam Project or Plan is most important as rural,family, and small farms are disappearing as this is being written, despite considerable interest in the growing of local foods,etc. Also, valuable farm land is being lost to various development projects and as food shortages increase around the world, it will soon become most apparent that people need to consider local actions......
ReplyDeleteI recently videotaped the CORNISH FAIR and two aspects of this have been recently shown on CATV8 in White River Junction,Vt...you may be able to see these in the section called VIDEO ON DEMAND by going to the station website at CATV8.ORG In the future, I hope to do more TV projects on Cornish in order to make people more aware of Cornish which has much more of interest to offer than the much touted and well-known tourist spots,which are, of course, important....
ReplyDeleteI also am doing a project on Cornish Old Home Day and will perhaps complete this sometime in the near future. I especially wish to thank Frank Ackerman and also Sylvia Howe for their help in these projects. Cornish Old Home Day, as some of you may know, is not listed in the book on this subject which was published by ARCADIA PRESS.
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