We received the following email from our pal Lydia, who works with the Burst Farmers, an African Refugee Farming Project in South Seattle. Unfortunately, the farm they've been working so hard on was recently vandalized, and almost everything they had was stolen:
Hello Community,
Some of you are more up to date on the Refugee Farming Project than others. Briefly, we are doing well and have some beautiful crops coming up. Of course, we have challenges we are working through, but this morning added another one to the table.
Sometime around 4am, our farm was robbed. The robbery includes much of our very important farm gear including:
Two rototillers, hoes, shovels, work boots, seed corn, a new water pump, half of our gate, as well as some other random but important farm equipment.
The farmers are upset and saddened that someone would burglarize our farm, but it has given us momentum to continue our work in another direction. As the space was made more open, and we were without tools, we spent today cleaning the farm stand from a long retirement, and it is well on its way to being a great farm stand once again.
This is both an update and a request. If you are in possession of tools or equipment that you are not using, or know someone that is in that position, any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
We will still have a great farm season!
Thank you for your help and care,
Lydia
If you can help in any way, shape or form, please get in touch with Lydia Caudill.
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