[FIG-ALL] All-FIG Meeting, Oct 12th!

[Daniel Barclay and Marjorie Allison]

Hi everyone,

The next quarterly all-FiG meeting will be Monday, October 12, at  
6:30 pm.  The location will be the home of FIG members John Curtis  
and Karen Mauldin-Curtis on West Adams Street.  John runs the  
Barefoot Gardens CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and this will  
be a wonderful opportunity for those of you who are not familiar with  
Barefoot Gardens or the CSA model of gardening & farming to see such  
an operation close-up.  The first Macomb FIG meeting took place at  
Barefoot Gardens in the summer of 2007.  Driving directions will  
follow in a separate message.

Our agenda for this October meeting will include:
1. A proposal to establish a Local Food CO-OP in Macomb of both  
consumers and producers.  Clare Kernek brought this idea to the last  
FIG board meeting where it was greeted with much enthusiasm.   Clare  
mentioned that a natural first step would be the formation of a  
steering committee to further develop such a food co-op.
2. A brief summary of the August 2009 Local Foods Dinner in Macomb.
3. A discussion of, and first call for a committee to organize, a  
proposed "Soups, Stews, Breads, and Pies" Macomb Local Foods Dinner  
in January 2010.
4. A brief summary of the FIG Children's tent at the 2009 Macomb  
Farmer's Market and a call for more volunteers to help with the FIG  
Children's Tent for the summer 2010 Macomb Farmer's Market.
5. Discussion of a proposal for FIG to take a more active role in  
facilitating & encouraging the donation of fresh produce to local  
food banks.

if you have other items that you would like to include on the agenda  
please contact me.

I hope to see you on October 12th!

Dan Barclay
FIG Chair
dmbmca at macomb.com