Local greenhouses see potential
Project focuses on small scale produce alternatives
Oy June Williams
Emerald Contributor
Two s in .111 greenhouses
tucked aw,iv in South Eugene
inn\ have a large impm l on the
community food supplv
once the communitv finds
them, that is
I'he greenhouses wore started
as an alternative to large agri
business produce Douglass
Moser, who bogari the (lommu
nily Supported Agriculture pro
jet.I last October, hopes the pro
gram will become popular in
Eugene This would eliminate
buving through a retail food
c ham, he said.
"Ultimately we'd like to
work directly with the < unsure
er," said Vince DnvAtn, one of
Moser's helpers' on the proier t
"That would eliminate the
middleman. It would still be
inure expensive than .Safeway,
hut less than Sundance." he
said.
Devoto sail! the fledgling pro
gram will sell its produce,
which is a mixture of salad
greens, to local food stores until
the business is more publi
cized.
"We deliver about 60 pounds
oi salad a week to Sundance,
The Kiva, Friendly's Foods and
New Frontier Market. Devoto
said
"That's onh a small portion
of the greenhouse For awhile,
we could have picked 7 0
pounds a day. hut there |ust
wasn't a market for it. he saici
Although the produce is still
connected to agribusiness, "it's
local and you don't have to use
a whole lot of gas to ship it
around.” Devoto said
"Our aim is to work with the
people who are going to eat it,”
Moser said "That’s why we re
not certified organic. That
would allow the food to he
Hi
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■J-year-old Jack Richardson helps Vmcet Devoto at one of the com
munity-supported agriculture greenhouses in South Eugene
shipped anywhere We want In
know' where' the (nod is going
''Every time I hear about .1
new organic farm in places like
the Salinas (t .1111 ) Valles I
I.nigh What about all the pesti
cides in the ground water''
What about .ill the air pollu
lion?"
Moser believes in small inter
action, such as using five acres
instead of 500 "One of the rea
sons 1 started this thing was lit:
i ause I don’t like large scale,'
Moser said. That includes
America s large-scale diet.
"People have to change their
eating habits," he said Moser
sees humans as u giant herd of
buffalo stampeding toward a
( lift Only the ones outside the
herd won't be swept over the
<dge
"lor awhile I wanted to save
humanity Now I'm content to
work w 11h the ones on the
edge," he said
Neither Moser nor Devoid
know how their projei t will
turn out.
Moser said inucll work re
mains to l>e done in order to
make community supported ag
riculture a reality
"One of the reasons why I
started this greenhouse was so I
could learn," he said
“There's so much potential
here Some people have told
me it may take si\ months, olh
ers sav .is much as three years,"
Devolo said
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