[Pil-pc-oceania] send by 27Feb: Water for Produce petition - hard copy signatures necessary

[Kerry Dawborn]

Hi Petra,

I've already signed a hard copy of this petition or a similar one on the 
same issue when I was at Caroline and Aidan Smith's place last week. So 
either the hard copy is getting around, or there is more than one 
petition - both good outcomes I think...

cheers,

kerry

Petra Kahle wrote:
> Hi All, 
> if you live in Victoria and want to sign this petition (or have 
> already done so):
> it needs to be in hardcopy and back with Marika by next Friday, Feb 28th
> greetings, Petra.
>>
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>>         From: Marika Wagner [mailto:marika at baag.com.au
>>         <mailto:marika%40baag.com.au>]
>>         To: 
>>         Sent: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:26:23 +1100
>>         Subject: Water for Produce petition
>>
>>         Thank-you for signing the 'Water for Produce' Petition.
>>
>>         a.. This petition is an important part of our lobby to help
>>         our communities grow their own food at home. 
>>         a.. The petition is due to be tabled in parliament on the
>>         11th March 
>>         b.. I need to hand it in to my local member of parliament by
>>         the 3rd March.
>>
>>         a.. Had this petition not been online, we'd have never been
>>         able to get this much support. Including online and on paper
>>         signatures, we now haveover 2561 signatures!
>>         a.. Unfortunately, currently, the Victorian government will
>>         not accept electronic signatures, (as they do in Federal and
>>         Q.L.D.) 
>>         b.. So without the online signatures we only have 552. 
>>         Please make your opinion count 
>>
>>         and help save the vegie patch!
>>
>>         a.. Please print the attached petition, sign it, get a few
>>         more people to sign it, there's 20 spaces per sheet! (as
>>         we're bound to lose signatures over this so lets keep the
>>         numbers at least to where they were!) and
>>         post it back to me by the 28th February
>>
>>         Don't let all this work go to waste!
>>
>>         2000 Thank-you's,
>>
>>         Marika
>>         Marika Wagner
>>
>>         6 Manningham Rd West
>>
>>         Bulleen, 3105
>>
>>         VIC
>>
>>         PS. please email me if you want me to post you out petition
>>         sheets. Specify if you want more than one. :)
>>
>>         To the Legislative Assembly of Victoria
>>
>>         The Petition of residents of Victoria, draws to the attention
>>         of the House,
>>
>>         that under Stage 3 water restrictions, we are only able to
>>         water our gardens twice a week. Produce gardens are different
>>         to purely ornamental gardens in that they provide us with the
>>         very fruit, vegetables and herbs we eat. This is the very
>>         freshest & therefore healthiest type of food you can get and
>>         through recent study it has been shown that home gardeners
>>         can potentially grow their own produce with 1/5 of the water
>>         than commercial growers per $ value of goods, so we believe
>>         it should be our right to be able to grow and eat it. 
>>
>>         We, the undersigned, know that only being able to water these
>>         type of gardens twice a week may be merely enough to keep
>>         them alive, but more regular watering is often required, that
>>         is before the soil dries out, to keep these gardens
>>         productive. Production is the very purpose of produce gardens
>>         so they should be given efficient, mindful watering , as
>>         required.
>>
>>         The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative
>>         Assembly of Victoria,
>>
>>         acknowledge and establish that home produce gardens are a
>>         different category from ornamental gardens and either allow
>>         them an exemption from current water restrictions or; under
>>         advice from an experienced, environmentally aware,
>>         horticultural organisation, for example, Sustainable
>>         Gardening Australia, introduce more appropriate water rules
>>         for produce gardens.
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