Dear Friends,
On Tuesday, Sept. 11th, 2001, as the first plane hit the World Trade Center
in New York City, approximately 25 market farmers had their produce displays
set up at the WTC Greenmarket at Church and Liberty Streets. These market
farmers come in from Long Island and upstate NY, NJ, PA and MA. The WTC
Greenmarket had opened as usual at 8 am. EST.

It has been reported that the WTC Greenarket master, Tony Mannetta and all
of the participating farmers & their helpers made it out alive - but most of
them lost all of their vehicles, displays, produce, cash and personal
belongings.

Insurance coverage for these losses is limited at best. Your help is
desperately needed, so here is what you can do to to assist the farmers who
escaped but are suffering due to Tuesday's tragedy -

Please write a check or money order payable to
"Fund for the WTC Greenmarket Farmers" and send it to:

The Farmers' Market Federation of New York
2100 Park St., Syracuse, NY 13208

The website for The Farmers' Market Federation of New York is
http://www.nyfarmersmarket.com - contribution information and possibly
other means to help these farmers will be posted there within the week.

This market and other NYC farmers' markets are listed at
http://www.localharvest.org. The various downtown NYC farmers' markets have
been cancelled for the time being. The World Trade Center Greenmarket is
listed at http://www.localharvest.org/listing.jsp?id=2919&hit=1
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On Sept. 26th, NPR affiliate WSUI FM will host "Iowa Talks" featuring their
monthly Organic Growing Call-In program at 10 am. CT, 9 am. EST.
This show will begin with news of the WTC market farmers, aid efforts, and
possibly a guest farmer calling in from the NY area. WSUI is available on
the internet.

Listen Live at: file:///Macintosh HD/Desktop Folder/wsuilive.
To call in, dial: (319) 466-9100 in Iowa City/Coralville
(866) 780-9100 Toll-free in Iowa and Illinois
WSUI Program schedule - http://wsui.uiowa.edu/progr.html
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Thank you all for your help. Following is a letter I received from Diane
Eggert, Executive Director of the Farmers' Market Federation of NY. Feel
free to e-mail me for a copy of the flyer attachment if you would like to
make copies & hand it out to your CSA customers, at your farmers' market or
place of work.

Best,
Ericka Dana, Organic Consumers Association Regional Coordinator
Catnip Farm, Iowa <[log in to unmask]>
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> From: "Diane Eggert" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: World Trade Center Greenmarket
>
> Ericka,
> Thank you for contacting me yesterday. I have established an account for
> donations to benefit the farmers affected by the attack on the World Trade
> Center.
>
> As I understand this, the farmers all escaped the area uninjured. But of
> course, they had to leave everything behind. The World Trade Center market
> was a two day market that is now gone for these farmers. Another market or
> two is in danger of being closed because the market's presence at these
> locations could be determined to be a security risk. Several other
> greenmarkets located in Manhattan have been affected by the closure of a
> large portion of Manhattan and we don't know yet when these markets may be
> opened again. In addition,  there is concern that some of the public areas
> where the greenmarkets are located may be taken over to be used for other
> needs related to the search and rescue and investigation. Many things are
> uncertain at this point until the dust settles and people come out of shock.
>
> I'm attaching a flyer that will be passed out at the Central New York
> Regional Market in Syracuse, NY. This will begin our fund drive.
>
> Again, thank you for contacting me yesterday and I sincerely appreciate all
> you and other farmers can do to help out.
>
> Diane Eggert
> Executive Director
> Farmers' Market Federation of NY
> <[log in to unmask]>

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