<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>To save us all from cluttered inboxes, I have created a separate Google group to discuss the possibility of saving Ludgate Farms from closing.</div><div><br></div><div>Go to this link and click "Join this group" on the right. (You will need to create a free Google log-in if you don't have one):</div><div><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/save-ludgate-farms">http://groups.google.com/group/save-ludgate-farms</a></div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">To be clear, this is a grassroots community conversation and at this point there is no one "leading" this effort. I feel like I could personally invest a few hundred dollars and maybe work a few hours a week as part of a worker-owned cooperative, but I don't have the time to organize the structure and do all the other work involved in such a transition. But perhaps others among us do!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Please invite anyone who you think would like to join the discussion...</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">- Shira :)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Shira Golding Evergreen</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="mailto:shira@shirari.com">shira@shirari.com</a></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Nov 29, 2011, at 11:22 AM, <<a href="mailto:sbwells99@gmail.com">sbwells99@gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:sbwells99@gmail.com">sbwells99@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">This sounds like the potential makings of cooperative ownership. Didn’t somebody just do that with the bookstore? I’ve heard it’s a great way to run a business.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Here’s a link with a video clip of a local Democracy at Work Network representative talking about worker cooperatives.<a href="http://creating.theseen.org/2011/06/sharing-the-wealth-social-and-economic-tools-for-building-equity-in-a-sustainable-economy/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://creating.theseen.org/2011/06/sharing-the-wealth-social-and-economic-tools-for-building-equity-in-a-sustainable-economy/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Good luck. I love Ludgates!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Sara<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bounce-38310792-25057141@list.cornell.edu">bounce-38310792-25057141@list.cornell.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:bounce-38310792-25057141@list.cornell.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:bounce-38310792-25057141@list.cornell.edu</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Marney Lieberman<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:30 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bethany Schroeder<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Shira Golding; fcna-ithaca digest subscribers;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org</a>;<a href="mailto:sharetompkins@lists.aktivix.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">sharetompkins@lists.aktivix.org</a>; Katie Quinn-Jacobs;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ithacami@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ithacami@gmail.com</a>; Joe Marraffino<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: Saving Ludgate's?<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">i would invest a hundred dollars<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">marney lieberman<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a href="mailto:marneymae@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">marneymae@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br><br> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Bethany Schroeder <<a href="mailto:executivedirector@ithacahealth.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">executivedirector@ithacahealth.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">You would need to talk to Katie and Dave about the details, of course, but my understanding is that in addition to balance sheet problems at Ludgate's, new regulations will require a lot of upgrades to equipment, amounting to many, many thousands of dollars of investment.<br><br>Bethany<br><br>Shira Golding wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Hi Everyone,<br><br>I've just heard the sad news that Ludgate's, a wonderful locally-owned grocer, is closing down!<br><br>Having recently moved from downtown to Hanshaw Road, within biking distance to the store, we have come to treasure this shop for its wonderful selection, friendly staff and general awesomeness. So I'm wondering if there is a scenario in which the store could be saved by becoming a cooperative, similar to what the community was able to do for Buffalo Street Books not that long ago.<br><br>Perhaps it is too late in the game to suggest such a strategy, but me and my partner Ari would definitely be able to invest a couple hundred dollars to save a wonderful place that fills an important niche in the economy by providing lots of healthy, organic and vegan food options to folks who live up on the hill.<br><br>What do others think?<br><br>- Shira :)<br><br>Shira Golding Evergreen<o:p></o:p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a href="mailto:shiraevergreen@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">shiraevergreen@gmail.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><mailto:<a href="mailto:shiraevergreen@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">shiraevergreen@gmail.com</a>><br><a href="http://www.shirari.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.shirari.com</a><br><br><br><br><br>On Nov 28, 2011, at 5:00 PM,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:fcna-ithaca@googlegroups.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">fcna-ithaca@googlegroups.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><mailto:<a href="mailto:fcna-ithaca@googlegroups.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">fcna-ithaca@googlegroups.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> Closing Ludgate's <<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/fcna-ithaca/t/d685428618647ffe" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://groups.google.com/group/fcna-ithaca/t/d685428618647ffe</a>><br><br> Mihal Ronen-Clay <<a href="mailto:ithacami@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ithacami@gmail.com</a><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ithacami@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ithacami@gmail.com</a>>> Nov 28 02:17PM -0500 <o:p></o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br> *Subject: **Closing Ludgate's*<br> Dear friends,<br> As many of you know, after a difficult year struggling with<br> sales at the<br> store, we have made the decision to close Ludgate's. It's with<br> a heavy<br> heart that we will be shutting down this unique locally owned<br> independent<br> business, a store I cared deeply for. Simply put, it hasn't<br> been in the<br> black for a number of years now -- and we can no longer sustain it.<br> So I'm writing to ask you for your support in getting the word<br> out that we<br> will be open to sell off the remaining inventory, the store<br> equipment and<br> holiday trees, etc for the next few weeks. *Store hours **for this<br> shutting down period **start Tues, Nov 29: Noon-7pm.*<br> We are selling 10 different varieties of cut trees grown without<br> fertilizers or pesticides from a tree farmer in Caroline, giant<br> poinsettias<br> from a regional nursery (Waterville, near where lived before we<br> came to<br> Ithaca) and locally produced wreaths. We even have 5 live trees<br> (spruces)<br> that you can transplant after the holidays.<br> We also need to sell as much of our remaining inventory as<br> possible. We<br> have many dry goods (beans, grains, dried fruit, nuts, spices,<br> tea, coffee)<br> remaining. Beautiful stoneware crocks & bowls, Weck canning<br> jars and<br> cheesemaking supplies. Also, lots of jars of Scandinavian pickled<br> herring! And...chocolate.<br> If you can pass the word along to listservs you belong to or<br> mention it to<br> people you meet, it would be a great help to us.<br> Thanks,<br> Kate<br> PS: I will be putting in a final bulk order, if you care to<br> stock up on<br> anything. Here's the website<br> form<<a href="http://www.ludgatefarms.com/site/bulkorder" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.ludgatefarms.com/site/bulkorder</a>><br> .<br> -- *Katie Quinn-Jacobs*<br> Proprietor & COO<br> Ludgate Farm & Market<br> 1552 Hanshaw Road<br> Ithaca, NY 14850<br> Tel:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="tel:607.257.1765" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">607.257.1765</a><br> Fax:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="tel:607.257.1436" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">607.257.1436</a><br> Web:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ludgatefarms.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ludgatefarms.com</a><br> [image: Ludgate Logo]<br> <o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "><br><span class="hoenzb">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span class="hoenzb">Bethany Schroeder</span><br><span class="hoenzb">Executive Director</span><br><span class="hoenzb">Ithaca Health Alliance and Free Clinic</span><br><br><span class="hoenzb">521 West Seneca Street</span><br><span class="hoenzb">Ithaca, NY 14850</span><br><span class="hoenzb"><a href="http://www.ithacahealth.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.ithacahealth.org</a></span><br><br><span class="hoenzb"><a href="tel:607-882-9060" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">607-882-9060</a></span><br><span class="hoenzb"><a href="mailto:executivedirector@ithacahealth.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">executivedirector@ithacahealth.org</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>