Big Ivy
Group talks about
community sustainability
From left to right, Zeb Freeman, George Stuart, Paul Littman, Eve Jones and Bob
Bowles discuss community sustainability.
By Matt Tate Bob Bowles said the area was a when he lived with his wife and
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more vibrant farming community four kids in a remote hovel on the
The communities of Barnards-
150 years ago than it is today. Paul Yucatan Peninsula. The family
ville, Big Ivy, Democrat, Paint
Littman is an organic farmer fairly existed much like the Maya people
Fork and Dillingham are still
new to the area, and he shared with Stuart was studying. They slept in
considered, even in this day and
the 35 guests in attendance his hammocks and persevered without
age, to be remote portions of
concerns about people’s need for electricity for nearly two years.
Buncombe County. Food and
independence. He advocated for “We learned the other people
supplies needed by the residents of
residents to share more and pool lived differently, and it was all
these communities have to travel
their resources together. right,” he said.
a distance to reach the homes and
Bowles has been working on Littman said farmers are at the
store shelves in those areas.
developing an accurate map of heart of creating a sustainable area,
Part of the impetus behind
the area, in part, to illustrate the and the communities must develop
forming the Sustainable Big Ivy
connectivity between the commu- avenues to support their farmers.
committee is to generate ways
nities and their residents. Bowles said a statistic he re-
residents can create a safer and
Eve Jones, chairman of the Slow cently read stating that about one
more sustainable place, both now
Food committee, said it is impor- percent of the food produced in
and in the future, said Susan
tant to find out the niches in the Buncombe County is eaten in
Broadhead.
community and how those niches Buncombe County disturbed him
The group hosted a panel of area
can blend to form a cohesive whole greatly.
guest speakers Thursday (March
that benefits everyone. “We need to buy more food lo-
Serving the community for over 100 years
26) to discuss ways the area could
Dr. George Stuart learned a cally if we are going to bail this
become more self-reliant.
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