<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Tony,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for reaching out and proposing the fascinating idea of small scale urban/neighbourhood agriculture on private lands and yards throughout our region. I think that it is a wonderful idea and there is a tremendous need/opportunity.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I was contacted earlier this week by another GREN member/community activist, Alisa McClurg about concerns with the recent provincial ban on outdoor community gardens on public lands by the provincial government. She is organizing a strong grassroots response back to the government that closing community gardens is shortsighted and needs to be reconsidered. Attached below is her letter to Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife and information on the efforts they are undertaking to reverse this ban:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>