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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: wOHd0HthT-Y):
- 00:00:01: Call to Order and Roll Call of Commission
- 00:01:05: Review and Approval of February 18th Meeting Minutes
- 00:04:17: Public Comment: Neighbor Asks About Bees vs. Beef
- 00:05:08: New Business: Agricultural Commission Roundtable in February
- 00:18:27: Mapping Greenfield Farms and Graphic Design Discussion
- 00:19:42: Connecting with Farmers Market and Community Gardens
- 00:23:49: Proposed Zoning Law Amendments on Greenhouses & Mutual Aid
- 00:34:41: Review of Appearance at Greenfield Winter Farmers Market
- 00:41:46: Drafting a Flyer on Keeping Chickens in Greenfield
- 00:45:20: Booth Management for Future Greenfield Farmers Markets
- 00:52:51: Right to Farm Signs and Open Commission Seats


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Um, okay. Then I'd like to call this order, this meeting of the agricultural commission to order. Do a Oh. Um, I'm going to do it. Thank you. >> Um, so for a roll call. Uh, Lou Judge >> here,

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>> present. >> Denise Leonard here. >> And S St. John, I am also here. Are you sure? Maybe not 100% of my brain, but most of me is here. Um uh after our last meeting I talked to

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Jonathan about our public comment copy and we changed it say members of the public may seek for up to three minutes as recognized by the chair per chapter 49 of the hybrid ordinance. Members of the public attending virtually or in person may comment by raising hand and stating their name and address or

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precinct. Sorry. Oh that was you. Okay. Um, and we just adjusted that so it was a little bit less like don't bother coming, we don't want to hear you. >> Um, so let's start by reviewing and

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approving the meetings the meeting minutes for February 18th. >> If I could have someone read those out for us. >> I'm not a good reader. >> I can do it. >> Okay. Agricultural Commission meeting

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Wednesday, February 18th, 2026. 7 536 call to order by Sid. 5:38 roll call. There's three of us. 5:42 We reviewed the last meeting minutes. I read them aloud. Sid motion for

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approval. Then you seconded. We all approved. 543. Elizabeth. Uh, we went through Elizabeth Net's compiled instructions for contacting animal control. You had reviewed them, Sid, and shared that Elizabeth. No, I think you contacted the sheriff's office and

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introduced the commission as a point of contact need be. >> Okay. 544. We reviewed the drafting of the statement for submission during the 21226 public forum on the proposed noise ordinance. There was no draft proposal

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available for public viewing yet. Sid zoomed into the 212 forum and there was no public comment section either. Citizens from 367 had set downloaded sample noise ordinances in Massachusetts to analyze what works where and how these ordinance interact with right to farm laws hoping that this will be an

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opportunity to set a precedent moving forward. At 548 we reviewed that is Elizabeth Net and Greg Cootwear have resigned from the A commission. Denise acknowledged that Elizabeth was one of the original members to restore the commission and that Greg had been

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involved since nearly the start. Greg's now the president of the beekeepers association and commission members were excited for this new role for him. We discussed how and where to publicize the open seats. Denise is going to ask neighbor of hers who also keeps bees. Other options discussed included posting

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at the Fields Market Co-op, the farmers cooperative, and the Elma Cisifi CISA classified listings. We also reviewed that commission members must be residents of Greenfield and ideally have some knowledge of agriculture. Interested parties would apply to the mayor's office. 552 we discussed the

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right to farm signs. Sid has kept tabs on this and we're still waiting on the DPW for the ground saw. Sid also asked hail signs for a proof and the signs would look exactly the same as the existing right to farm sign already up. 558 review setup for educational booth at

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winter farmers market. Sid and Denise work in a table to one at the library at the community table by the children's room sharing the table with the community preservation committee. hopefully getting graphics and swag from MDAR. Lou brought the map to the last meeting and gave to Sid for visitors to

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mark their favorite farms and farm stands in the city of Greenfield. Sid printed some materials that Lou had shared about Frankfurt County a census agriculture at 556. We discussed the next meeting would be April 1st. Denise mentioned they might not be able to make it

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depending on lamming schedule, but you are. We discussed how now that there are only three members, we will not have quorum if any single one of us is absent from a meeting. 603. The meeting was adjourned by Sid. Any seconded? We all approved.

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>> The only comment I have is that the neighbor I asked beef, not bees. >> Oh, >> okay. >> Either is >> either is good and cool. Good and cool. >> Um I had forgotten that we talked about the CISA classified listing. So, I did

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not pursue that, but I will do that. >> Oh, I did. That's what this is. >> Uh to post on the CISA website that we're looking for an >> Oh, okay. Okay. >> Yeah. This I like a lot, though. I'm going to be reaching out to these people.

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Um All right. Uh motion to approve. >> So, moved. Um seconded. All in favor? I. >> Awesome. I love it. Approved. Okay,

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new business. This is this is the biggest agenda that we've had since since I've been writing the agendas at least. I'm really excited about this. Um, so the February 28th Massachusetts

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Agricultural Commission roundt that Denise and I went to >> Yeah. um was really really cool. They're basically it was put on by the agricultural commission technical assistance program >> um which is the people who uh were

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involved in passing chapter 40 section 8C in mass legislation. And since they were able to get that passed, they've basically been just making themselves available as a resource for agricultural commissions to reach out and hey, we're trying to get this done. Can you help us

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figure out how to do that? how to approach it or um helping cities make agricultural commissions. So, it was attended by like a bunch of different egg commissions from all around here um and a couple just like independent farmers. >> Um

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>> but they had some really cool things that um other agricultural commissions were doing or things that we should be thinking about doing >> and at home. I'm sorry. >> Uh that's okay. I think I actually I scanned it in so I might be able to view it.

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Um, so there were I I think it would be cool to have the technical assistance program come attend a meeting in future to like

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take a look at what Greenfield is doing and what the egg commission has been existing and like where we could direct our efforts. Um, but I almost wonder if we shouldn't try to do that like after things are settled down a little bit, like maybe in the fall when

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>> we're not drowning in farm stuff. >> Um, but basically, uh, they gave us the contact information for the people from that program and then they had a couple different ways that agricultural commissions can be proactive parts of their city governments.

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Um, I scanned in all my notes for that. So, if I am like brief or I'm missing anything right now, you should all be able to view them in the Google Drive. Let's just Yeah. Okay.

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Um so first of all uh as far as finances go uh chapter 4 section 8C of mass general law allows agricultural commissions to set up funds from CPA money. Um so this whole time that we've been functioning with just like a $500

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budget. Um that shouldn't necessarily be the case. Mhm. >> Um, now obviously we've like kind of missed the boat on these things as far as this fiscal year goes, but that is something worth considering going forward and as we start like the

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fiscal year will start July 1st or October 1st. >> I want to say October, but I'm not totally sure on that >> cuz the government is October. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Um, maybe we'll double check that. Um, but obviously

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drafting a budget means we have to like present what we want to do with our money. And I don't think just paying for farmers market attendance or like printing of materials is >> Yeah. >> useful, especially because we've been able to do all of that for free going so far.

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>> Yeah. Um um but >> might be something to have people from these guys. >> Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. >> Um so for example, some of the other egg commissions that were there that talked

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about what they had been doing. Um uh they sponsored agricultural forums. They uh created an agricultural preservation

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fund to be used for farmland protection. They hosted an open farms day. Uh they run like a shuttle taking seniors from a senior center to different farm stands. They run parades. Um

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>> there are some towns where the egg commission is acquiring farmland and then the town owns it and then they lease it out to farmers. Mhm. >> Um people have been

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they use it to run community gardens they use it to held a potluck to start to build a sense of community among farmers and others in town. Um, some towns the egg commission runs the farmers market. Uh, so lots of cool ideas and it might

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be worth reviewing. I would say like as far as this stuff goes and then some of the other things that we have talked about like what the egg mission really can be doing like if there's something that is like screaming your

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name and you're feeling like really impassion to like push it through like let's talk about that off air and we can see like what we can do when we're not here sitting at a table. Um, I have a couple things that I've been trying to work on and some of these things I think are

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like research needs to be done before we could start pursuing them and that would totally be the sort of thing that could be done independently. Um, I had mentioned to Sid that um, the egg commission quite a few years ago worked with the Greenville Garden Club and had some farms on their garden tour.

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>> Mhm. and you weren't sure what they were doing in terms of garden tour, >> right? Um, they definitely are hosting one. Uh, I'm trying to get my farm on their garden tour right now, so I'll talk about how that goes. Yeah, >> definitely. >> Yeah, I think that would be really cool.

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>> So, >> I'd have to weed my gardens. >> Yeah, >> minor detail. Yeah, as um I always I weed and I just drop all the debris into the lawn. And the last time that the garden club ladies were over it, they were like, "Can't believe you can get

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away with this." My husband would be so mad. >> Mine sort of to the back of the garden. >> I just run the mower over it or something. >> Yeah. Um so so we can request um funds from

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the CPA and then we should also request a budget from the handle to from the city to handle um some of the things that uh we can do that the other egg commissions are doing. >> Yeah. um they recommended that we

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start to collaborate more with the economic development and the conservation committee um to figure out where our joint interests lie and to see if we can like work together, get a little bit more manpower on those things. >> Yeah. >> Um another thing that they talked about that I don't

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I honestly don't know how much it occurs in Greenfield because Greenfield is so urban. might be more common in uh places that still have more farmland, but um anytime properties go up for sale, the

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city is supposed to have the right of first refusal. And that's it. >> Any property or 61A property? >> Definitely 61A. I don't know if it's also any property. Um but definitely 61A >> or 61 chapter 61. >> Yeah. Yeah. Um, and a lot of times that

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happens kind of like without everybody realizing. Um, but when things are going up for sale like that, that's the sort of thing that like we should be clued in on so that we can advise if >> it's something that has agricultural interests.

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>> Um, >> uh, keep strengthened. >> Yeah, I'm not sure. I do know that they talked about um working to what they said. Um, they were trying to

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push through legislation that would require like a town meeting. >> Oh, right. Is that at the state level or >> amendment in the works to require a public hearing whenever a lot goes up to write a first refusal with and they

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would notify all relevant city bodies. Um, so that would be on the state level, but obviously the cities would have to abide. Um, like I said, I don't feel like that applies more in like weightly. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.

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>> But good time is under 61. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Uhhuh. >> If I were to sell it, then it would have to go to, >> right? Okay. Yeah. So, good to keep in mind for sure. Um and then yeah, we talked a little bit about what other Massachusetts egg commissions have been

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working on. Um helping farmers put their properties into trust. Um trying to create events to connect local farmers with each other. Uh facilitating agro tourism. Um starting and managing community gardens and green houses. Um

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one thing that I saw that I really liked the idea of that another town was doing is um they were they had helped start get a 4 chapter going in the local school again like it had used to happen and it had been

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>> forgotten about or whatever. Um and then another um >> that was big when I was a kid. >> Yeah. >> There was county level extension which I don't think is here anymore. >> Right. Certainly not enough that I have ever participated.

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>> Um and then uh doing like garden clubs at their public schools. I know Greenfield Middle has a garden club. >> The Greenfield Garden Club used to I don't know if they still do, but they used to give out um um scholarships.

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>> Yes. You know, grants do that. Yeah. Yeah. >> Um and they the uh one of the egg commissions, that really big one that did all the like the big parade and the they were saying that >> which city was? >> I think it was South

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Front. They were the people that talked about, right? >> Yes. Yeah. Southwick. Southwick. Okay. >> Yeah. So, their annual budget is $27,000 and part of that goes to uh making grants for kids who want to pursue like

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agricultural projects. >> Um, so that that was cool. I thought that was cool. Um, >> do you know of that funding like how much is from this the city and how much is >> They said that the 27,000 was from the

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city and then they had a separate account that was funded by uh like people had to pay to fend at the farmers market or to be in the parade. And all those >> uh >> like participation fees and as well as

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donations from uh people in the city go into that account. And that account is managed by the commission and they call that's like their petty cash or whatever. >> Um, but they didn't talk about how much money sits in that account

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uh on the dayto-day. They just said it was easier to use because they didn't have to get the same check. Yeah. Um, and then promoting local farms, which is what we're starting to try to do with um, getting the map going and getting

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the CISA list going and the survey >> that um, has been posted at >> a few different places. Actually, I left my flyers in the car, the flyers for um, signing up to be a member of the egg mission and the with the QR code for the

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>> Oh, okay. Um, if you guys have a second to walk down, I'll give you a bunch and you can >> I put one up. >> Yes, I saw that. >> Okay, it's still up there. >> Yes, it's good. >> A tall person to put it up. >> Yeah. Yeah. Um, I have not actually seen

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any responses to those surveys yet, but >> Okay. >> If we get anything. >> Yeah. Oh, we tried. >> Yeah. Yeah, we tried. Um, and I, you know, obviously we're going into the summer, we'll have a lot of opportunity to like harass people in person and talk like ask them what would be helpful from

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us. Um, so yeah, if if you look at the big list of things that other people were doing or if you look at the notes that I scanned in and you see something that like really inspires you,

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>> let's chat about that. Um, I brought this is the map that I've been thinking of when I've been thinking that it would be fun and cute to make like a map of >> green farmers. So, just that it would be like kind of illustrated and have like

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fun facts and >> what things. So this again I want to continue like angling different farms and different farm businesses the next couple months. Um

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let's see if my graphic design skills are up to the task. >> Probably better than mine. >> Well, we'll see. We'll see. And you know that again might be the sort of thing that like if we get public funding you could commission a real artist to do >> or you know like pay someone for their

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time. >> Uh any other thoughts on the ad commission roundt? No, I I think one thing I was thinking of was that a lot of the things that they were these egg missions did sort of

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already happen in this, you know, like farmers market, >> right? >> And so it's a little hard to I don't even know who does the farmers market. It's uh hard to say, but like just roots

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interviews and and hires and manages the the market manager. >> Um and it's really just like that one person. >> Well, CISA used to do it, didn't they? I mean, uh Devon was >> Well, they have a comm like there's the market manager, but then they have like a committee, right?

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>> There's like a board or something. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. But it's it's relatively self-contained. >> Okay. with a lot of heavy lifting being done by Just Roots is my understanding. >> Okay. Well, Chest Roots is new. I mean, not new new, but >> Mhm.

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>> Um, and the farmers market has been going on >> forever. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. I think it's probably shifted around, but at least for >> Okay. Okay. >> So, >> well, definitely worth >> She's a new manager. >> Yeah. Chatting Taylor. Yeah. Um, it

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might be worth chatting with Taylor and other members of the board if there's any way the egg commission could be supporting the farmers market. You know, obviously we can't make or we no point in making a farmers market, but we could ask. Um similarly I'm meeting with

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um the person who handles membership for the Jonzan community garden this weekend and trying to we keep playing phone tag the person who handles the community garden at just roots um to kind of chat about

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the same thing as like how's this going for you? How does it work? >> Right. >> Support you. Yeah. >> Um I don't know what will come of it, but I'm doing that. >> So, wait. And who is it that you're meeting with?

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>> Um I have their name, right? >> No, no. >> Merryill. >> Oh, okay. >> Merryill Electronica, which is the Oh, duh. Merryill. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. Sorry, I didn't put that together.

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The main person. Okay. Um yeah, because mostly what I'm curious about is um like do both of them operate like do they have a wait list? Are slots full? Is there like demand that we can

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figure out a way to meet? Or are there open slots and we can like help them fill those slots? >> Um and if They're full. Can we figure out where in other >> Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> They can come garden in my backyard,

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right? Be careful what >> Yeah. I keep every time I drive past that um lot between the speedway and the church that's just paved. That's just a grownup paved lot on Federal.

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>> Okay. Well, take next time you drive past if you're going towards Bernardston um you like past coffee roasters and then there's a church on the right and then >> I think yeah >> Kitty quarter from the church is >> okay

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>> um just like a empty grown over lot and it's owned by Florence Bank but nothing's been done with it. It was paved in the '9s and it's sat since then. I don't know what's going on but every time I drive past I think stick some raised bed bins on there. >> Yeah. I wonder what Yeah. Yeah. Um, but the first thing to do, of course, is to talk to the people who have the

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pre-existing community gardens. >> Um, okay. Feeling good about that? >> Yeah. >> Awesome. >> Um, discussion of amendments proposed by councelor Sarah Brown to zoning law about green houses and mutual aid resources.

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Um, so Sarah Brown reached out to Lou and I >> um, saying, and stop me if I'm paraphrasing this incorrectly, but basically zoning law

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right now says that the only temporary or semi-permanent structure allowed in your front yard at all is a farm stand. And is there a way to edit that to include not just food for sale, but also food like a community fridge to

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distribute food for mutual aid purposes? Um, and while they were talking about putting things in the front yard, isn't it weird that um you're not allowed to put a greenhouse in your front yard because what if the best spot that you have for sun is in your front yard,

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>> right? Um, so they gave us two proposed options for um for what the zoning law could be changed to. So originally it's >> this is assuming less than two acres.

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>> Yes. Um so it's if you go past the specific zoning like what's allowed in residential and what's allowed in commercial and whatever. Then it says like general use general uses that are allowed and um in every zoning district

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um you are allowed to have a farm stand in your front yard but depending on the zoning district that you're in, you may or may not be allowed to have anything else in your front yard. >> Okay. Um,

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so what the the accessory structure use section says right now is farm stand a structure of a uh a farm stand is allowed. And then the definition of a farm stand is a structure of a semi-permanent or temporary type located in a district in which agricultural uses

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are allowed from which raw pro produce is offered for sale to the public. Um, >> and so they were talking about changing that. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. >> So, instead of saying farm stand specifically, they would say roadside

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stand. Um, they were saying it doesn't really make sense that we specify that it has to be in a district which agricultural uses are allowed because they allow a farm stand in every district. Um, and then switching from

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raw produce to something either less specific or more specific it looks like. Um, and I when Sarah talked to us, I specifically said, you know, I I'm doing college right now and I had another class

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starting up and obviously the farm is picking up for spring. So, I haven't had time to do like really any research into this at all, but if do you have any any insight on this? I mean, I think that

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the only thing that I think is worth trying to think about, which I feel like you guys were talking in about in the chat, is like what is there any way that this could negatively impact like

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farmers in the community? And it looks like it's allowed trying to allow it to be a little bit more broad rather than less broad. >> Right. So I think it's only positive. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.

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>> And that I don't know. I think the my instinct is to always go for the like simpler >> Yeah. language for these >> um both because it's easier for understand and and and it's like clearer

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in that way. Like the second option of used for the sale of farm products or for the distribution of free food or goods for charitable or mutual aid purposes. >> Yeah. Like the more details that you put in, the more like what are you

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accidentally going to exclude? I I think I like option B. Yeah, cuz that includes the distribution of free food and goods. >> Is that too or or is this broad enough option A? >> I don't know. That's the question. I

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think number eight. Well, the thing that's good about option B is that I think the distribution of free food or goods for charitable or mutual aid purposes separates it from farm products in a way that like cuz Sarah and I were talking

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about like how do you make sure that what people are selling at a farm stand is something that they've actually produced. But if you're just distributing things for mutual aid like those should be you should be able to like distribute donations, right? you

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shouldn't have to say like >> so and then the only difference between A and B too is the distinction between like A still has the located in a district in which agricultural uses are allowed and B doesn't

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>> not right >> I don't know that that's like I mean I'm sure that you know we can chop and screw >> as needed Well, I kind of like beach. >> Yeah, I think so. abroad.

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>> Yeah, I'm done with that. >> Okay. Um, so I have to confirm because Sarah did say that um they might push proposing it back depending on like how solid that they felt about it. Um,

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but last that I heard they were planning on proposing it at the April 14th economic development meeting, which is a day of the week. It's not a 14th is a Tuesday.

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>> No idea when my sheep are going to be done. Um, and I do have a late afternoon, >> okay, >> thing that I do on Tuesdays. What time is there meeting? It's a good question.

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Um, city of Greenfield Economic. And what would the comment be? Just that we're like, yes. um that we supported and we don't feel

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that it would negatively impact our >> you have to attend to tell them that >> that's what I was I was if it's a >> honestly >> yeah if it's a hybrid meeting I can probably I can probably

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pop in for that second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 :30 p.m. and via Zoom. 30 barely home by >> Well, I will plan to at least definitely attend via Zoom and

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maybe go in person if the timing works out. Okay. >> Um, >> do you want >> speaking for all of us? >> You like, >> um, do you want me to

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>> loop back with Sarah at all? >> That would be great, actually. Yeah. Um, yeah. Cool. And then for the green houses, um, I feel like it makes a ton of sense to be able to allow green houses in the front

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yard. And I feel like it should be not a controversial thing to say because um, there's other language elsewhere in the zoning law that restricts the size of a >> I was going to ask to Yeah. to I think

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it has to be under 250 ft. Okay. And so your greenhouse already has to stay on a 250. So nobody's going to be sticking like a caterpillar in their front yard. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Um >> cuz that would make a difference. >> Yes. >> What it was made of.

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>> How it was made, how large it was. >> House might not look all that great in front of >> Yeah. >> And depending on where it was, >> right? >> Yeah. But I think the size really the size limitation really limits >> that. Okay. Yeah.

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>> Okay. >> Yeah, I agree that they ought to be a lot in the front yard, but just can imagine that would go. >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I guess if need be, we could like suggest that we regulate it to like you have to have

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like a hard poly greenhouse instead of like a plastic or your plastic has to be rated for x hours of sun or whatever, >> right? But we can burn that bridge when we come to it. Neighbor put one up and it's not in his

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front yard and I can see it from my pasture and I really don't care. >> Yeah. you know, and it's not the most beautiful thing, >> right? >> And you I can't imagine it being down in the middle of Greenfield, >> but you know,

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>> and I'm not sure they're using it anymore, but for a while they were using it and eating out of it, which was really nice. >> That's awesome. >> Yeah. Um, uh, if we feel good about business number two, we can move into

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business number three, which is a review of our appearance at the Greenfield Winter Farmers Market in March. >> Oh, yeah. He's stunned. We amazed. >> Oh, Greg was there. Did you see him? >> I did. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.

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Um, and I ran into somebody who bought a dog for me and I he recognized me and I'm like, I remember that. Yeah. Who are you from? We bought backup from you. Oh, yes. Right. >> I was probably I don't They don't They

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probably only buy a dog from very few people or sell dogs to, >> right? And they were very good about coming out and meeting her and getting to know her before they were they've been very good. It was very good placing. But um I was like,

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"Am I getting old?" So while we were there, we spoke to 84 guests. The library asked us to keep a tally, and I did remember to email them that number. >> Nice. >> We marked seven local farms, five family gardens, and three community gardens on

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our map. Mhm. >> Um I'm planning on continuing to chop that map out wherever weather permits >> so we can hopefully continue to add to it. >> Um I thought it was great. >> Um awesome. Yeah, considering we had it

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like sitting on the floor kind of behind us and everyone had to crouch down to put their pin on. I thought we had great engagement. Yeah. Um and we did have uh several people who came and stopped and talked about what they would like to see in terms of public engagement.

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>> Um so there were suggestions to include local farms or producers or like green field specific products on the digital billboard at fair. >> I like that idea. >> Um there was someone and they gave me the name of someone to reach out to at GCTV who suggested that we like take a

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crew and go to our local farms and like international feature. Yeah. >> Yeah. Which I think would be really really fun. Um I don't know >> again who of the three of us has >> Yeah. >> Do you have the person's name to

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contact? >> I do. Yes. I only have a first name, but I can give you the name and information uh after we turn off the camera. >> Okay. still want to blast some random person.

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Um, uh, we had someone come who talked about their home garden and how they had like so much kale or chard or whatever and they were looking for like other gardeners to like organize swaps between

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like so that they didn't have to like try to register to be at the farmers market or put together a whole farm stand or whatever, but just like local gardeners swapping >> surplus stuff. Um, I wonder if there's

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like also if things move forward with the community like food stands and fridges, if there's like some way we could support. >> I would love that. >> That would be a place that folks could bring. >> Mhm. >> And that's going to be seasonal anyway cuz >> Yeah.

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>> Sometimes you're not going to have more kale, >> right? >> Or more zucchini. >> Ah, you can never have too much of that. If you don't have it in your garden, you have it frozen by the in your fridge. It never goes away. >> Actually, I planted it in a bucket this

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year and it didn't do much. >> Oh, really? Okay. I'll have to keep that in mind for next time I'm trying to kill zucchini. >> I put it in a bucket and put it so it gets shade from two on in the afternoon. >> Yeah. Yeah. I I really like that idea. The idea of mapping community fridges.

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Um, uh, even before we get that going, we could, um, put together like a food pantry, like a when do they accept donations? >> Mhm. >> Um, >> um, Stone Soups, is that name of the

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>> Yeah. Yeah, that'd be great. Um, what I would love to see is like a gleaner van that goes to like >> Oh, local >> just to like gardens and whatever. And

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>> it's like um Rachel's hands. >> Yeah. Yeah. They um at at Redfire it's like a big truck that comes and takes all of their seconds and then distributes them to food pantries. But if you were going just like garden

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to garden, like I could do that in my Tacoma and then drop off at a food pantry instead of organizing >> instead of asking everyone to do it by themselves. Um but there's a lot of options and I think the first is like letting people know

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when those donation hours are. Um, and then the last thing that I the person I talked to was um the zoning enforcer from or they were from the building inspector's office.

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Um, and they people God freaking stop it. I know, right? It's been that old. >> Yeah. anytime anyone calls in with a Michigan area code, like obviously this is garbage. But um they were saying that

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um obviously you're allowed to keep poultry. A lot of people keep poultry, but they don't understand like all of the things that you're allowed to do or need to do when you have poultry. Um so they were trying >> for the zoning >> for the zoning, but also for like

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obviously people don't know whether or not they can have roosters or if they do have roosters, they don't know how to get rid of their roosters. they don't want to get rid of their roosters, but also like if you keep livestock in Greenfield, you have to have the health department come every year and look at your livestock. >> Um, >> and so they were trying to figure out if

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there's like a good way to distribute that information. They have a poster up at the fire department and at the building inspector's office. Um but um I think that we that we could put together a flyer that's like keeping chickens in

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Greenfield and then um have that distributed at like Tractor Supply and the Eggway like places where people are buying their chicken feed. >> Um >> and actually Tractor Supply and Greenfield Farmers both sell chicks. >> Chicks.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. That's the sort of thing that should be going out when people buy chicks. how to do this. >> And they actually also suggested putting that information on the digital billboard. >> I don't know if that like fits the vibe

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of the digital billboard as well, but definitely. >> Yeah. But I do think like I don't know having some handout that's like >> Yeah. >> Yeah. is kind of around this time too.

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>> Have the rooster issues. >> And the other thing is, you know, other kinds of poultry. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So, I think it's Go ahead. >> Well, I was just going to say like I can try and draft something on the chicks. The chickens.

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>> That would be awesome. >> I'll just do it. Yeah. And then we can look at it next time. >> Yeah. I'd love that. So, I feel like obviously what kinds of poultry you can have, not a rooster, not things other than chickens, but also like

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here are important phone numbers that would be good for you to have like the animal control officer. Like if we have vets in the area that see poultry. I'm not taking my chickens to the vet, but maybe it would be good for people to have that information if they're >> I don't know if you're on the face on Facebook, but a lot of

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>> people on Facebook with on the chicken things. >> Yeah. >> I have this problem with my chicken and there's no chicken bed. >> Right. Right. >> So, it would be good to find out if there are any in this. I mean, >> I believe there's one in Deerfield, but I don't remember the name of it. I'll figure that out. >> Okay. >> Um uh but yeah, like important phone

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numbers. Um, >> and I guess the other thing is other types of poultry because I'm sure guinea hens are >> Somebody asked me a question about that actually. >> Turkeys, ducks, ducks stink. >> You know, meat meat chickens, they can stink after a bit, >> right?

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Um, yeah, it might be cool to be like like I know Poland is a somewhat local producer. Like who's who's making products that you can use as a chicken as a chicken keeper that are local. >> Yeah.

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>> Um, >> yeah. I feed all brain. >> I just switched to organic. I'm not sure if I'm going to continue, but >> Reed Farm is doing organic. They down in Sunderland.

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>> Oh, that's way closer. >> But um I don't know. I don't know if they're selling. I don't know if you can buy through them. My friend Kristen does, but she's right down the road from them. >> Okay, maybe I'll ask. >> Yeah, >> right now a friend of a friend of mine

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buys Vermont Green Mountain in bulk and then I buy it off them. Um, yeah. I uh is there any other information that we think would be good to go on this flyer?

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>> Do we want to talk about care or just talk about building laws? >> Don't get attached to your rooster. That's not a good idea. >> Well, I feel like it would be Well, what I'm imagining putting together is like

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something that's more like redirecting. So, it wouldn't be like here's some care tips. It would be like here's a place to go like >> so if you do end up with a rooster here are some places that you can >> Right. And there are some places that do rooster rehab.

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>> Yeah. Earlier um >> me they just >> Yeah. >> in the freezer, given to the dog, whatever. >> Um I had something but I forgot it. >> That's my trick. >> Yeah.

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>> Sorry. Okay, I'll remember real quick. Um, no, I think that makes a lot of sense. Making it like a resource redirecting. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, cool. And obviously something if it occurs if something new occurs to

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anyone later, we can >> Yes. Um, okay. Booth management for the following Greenfield's market dates. Greenfield Market Farmers Market dates. >> Um, >> these are all Saturdays, right? >> Yes, they're all Saturdays. And both of

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you suggested dropping about half of these, which I think makes a ton of sense. Um, so let's figure out. So Lou said Lou can't do May or June. >> Yeah, I'll be in

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>> I can't do the July one. >> Okay. I know I can't do the July one. >> I'm going to be out of the country. >> Good luck. >> And May is still lamming for you, right? >> No, I'm I'm supposed to be done by now,

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but I they're going to go for another couple of weeks. >> Oh, was March the month that >> March March March is when they usually land, but they've been sort of dropping them here. >> Yep. woke up this morning to one that was born. All up, cleaned.

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>> Oh, not do anything except dip it. >> A good for them. >> Yeah. Um, okay. So, Denise, do you do you think you could do June 13th? Let me look at my trial schedule. just search

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going to do some chise obviously, you know, not being able to be home for any of these is my call. But >> no, I'm going to do some I think for just streets and then I'll do one for aft at some point either August or

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September, I think. >> And then it's kind of And I don't know those yet, >> right? So, it's >> Oh, she's hitting Oh, she needs um >> But I I don't know. I guess I I wonder too like >> what if I mean could we try for three of

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these? Like if we did one in August, one in October, and then one in either May, June, or July. >> Mhm. >> So, you can't do either May or June, and I can't do the July one. Um, it looks

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like we don't have everything up here. This it looks like the June 13th one I could do. >> Okay. >> Do I have to look intelligent? No.

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>> I feel like again, you know, my friends >> uh 9 to1 I believe. Um, go back on the 29th of August. Whether or not I go up there is something else.

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But >> like this is kind of crazy, but >> first you could file foliage. Okay, let me just put the June 13. >> Um, okay. >> So, how about June 13, August 1, October

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10? Okay. >> So, August, that first weekend in August is the Northeast Nut Growers Association conference. >> Okay, that's cool. >> Yeah. Uh, it is cute. And I'm going to be presenting, so I can't that weekend. >> Okay.

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>> Um, and and August 29th, I'm going to be in Canada, so I can't do that. >> Okay. >> Weekends are hard. >> Oh, I totally understand. Um, do you think you could swing one of the

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October dates so we're not making Denise do all three of them? >> Yeah. No, I don't think that would be good. >> Um, the 31st is Halloween. >> Yes. >> I think I could do the

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10th. >> Okay. But that's like >> a very tentative. >> I mean, only because it's like I don't know who I'm even going to be in October. >> Yep. But um

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otherwise, you know, the only thing that I could see could be an issue is that I teach on Saturdays. >> Right now, I just have one lesson with somebody I don't mind cancelling. But that could feel

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>> sure the other thing that is like I obviously I'll be there for my own booth if if it would be helpful for me to like bring the materials and set up or you know and then someone could like rock and roll for a couple hours and then has to leave like that's totally

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not the end of the world. >> Okay. >> Um >> Okay. >> Yeah, that's not a bad idea. That's a question too is um >> I don't know I don't know if the market manager wouldn't like this or not but if there's like peak hours like if it's

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really important for everyone that's tableling there to be there for the entirety of the market or if it's like okay we could yeah that's never been an issue at Greenfield before. There are vendors who come for part and then pack >> and then leave. Okay. Okay. We could do

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that. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Cuz maybe it's not necessary to be there at 9:00. Like maybe 10 to >> Okay, that makes a lot of sense. >> 12 or something. >> Well, I put it in for 10 to 1. That way it's in there. >> Perfect. >> Um >> June 13th and August 1st.

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>> Awesome. And then similar to what we did at the March one, like I've got that big box of swag still in my car. >> Okay. Um, and then like whatever you want to do, whatever. Like I know we talked about like Dixie cups and like plant a seed.

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>> Oh, right. >> Or if you want the map or if you want to, >> you know, bring chalk and have people draw like plants or animals in front of, you know, like whatever. Just like >> we got another meeting before then, right? >> Yeah. Talk about that.

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>> Yeah. And fingers crossed we'll have some more members before these. So, >> yeah. Don't punch. Okay. >> Okay. So, we've got some tentative some tentative dates that we feel good like cover. So, I will email Taylor back and

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let her know that that's when we'll plan for. >> Okay. >> And after that, as we approach them, we can patch out the specifics. Um, so we are getting close to time. Um, and my dinner's going to be ready for pickup

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soon. Yeah. So, um, really quick, right to farm signs. I have an email from Ian Hodgegden, um, that I received this week. He says he has not gotten any response back from

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DOT yet on the the signs that need to go to DOT to be approved. Um, and they have DPW has possession of all three printed signs. >> Okay, good. um they are just going to check their schedule to see when they

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can install the one sign that we know is approved and when they know when they're going to install that they'll let me know. >> Right. >> So, thank God for Ian Hodgen. >> Um >> and also point out that the other one the one of the ones we asked for up in

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Berneston would be right across the one for the one going up into Bern. So, I don't know if it >> would help to >> make the case. Definitely. Yeah. um opposing right to Armst. >> Yeah, it feels like it would make sense. >> Yeah.

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>> Um and then second piece of old business. Do we have any applicants to fill? No. >> No, we don't. >> Um so I'll give you guys those flyers when we leave and I'll make that post on the Caesar classified. >> Okay, good. Good.

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>> Yeah. I was wondering if there was anybody at Barkdale or anybody that even worked there that might be interested. >> And I don't know what this farm farm is. >> I was just going to say, does anyone know what that is? >> No, I didn't click on that to see. >> Farm. >> That doesn't sound real.

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>> Anybody else? >> This is in this is from the CISA list. >> Yeah, these are these are from Yeah. Anybody at Just Roots other than additional people that >> that would want to be on the commission? >> Yeah.

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>> Throwing it out there between people who want to be involved in their local government and people who want to play in the dirt is really small. >> Um I might bother Michelle at Austramm and see if she knows anyone. >> Like I said, Kyle was on for a bit, but

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the time he didn't come. >> Yeah. Well, it seems like Michelle is really like wearing a lot of the hats over there. So, even if she doesn't want to join, she might know someone. >> Okay, that's good. >> Um, like I said, I texted my neighbor and texted him again.

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>> And he said, "I am busy." And they just finished shootering. >> Ah, yes. Okay. >> Um, so our next meeting is going to be June 3rd. Um

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though, as we just learned, Lou will not be here >> on June 3rd. >> I'll be here. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm thinking of June 13th. >> Okay. I was like, where am I going? Um

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Okay, cool. Uh any other thoughts on anything we talked about? All right, then I move to end this meeting. Uh second. All in favor? >> I >> I >> Oh, right on time. >> Wow, that's impressive.

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>> All right. The longest meetings we've had. >> We Yeah.