[Community_garden] Community gardens on landfills

[Daniel Dermitzel, KCCUA]

Janet,

I don't have the answer you're seeking but I have a question for you:

Could you tell me what kinds of chemicals the city engineers are testing for 
and what levels / if any they might consider acceptable?  I'm interested in 
developing guidelines for urban growers on assessing risks from 
contaminants.

If anyone else on this group has developed some sort of "protocol" to 
evaluate potentially contaminated soil for food production, I'd like to hear 
about it.

Thank you very much!

Daniel Dermitzel
Associate Director, Farmer
Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture
www.kccua.org




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janet Parker" <jparker at cacscw.org>
To: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 10:55 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] Community gardens on landfills


> Hi again ACGA members,
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> A group in Madison, Wisconsin is considering starting a new community
> garden over an old capped landfill.  Our city engineering department and
> DNR are taking soil samples now.  The possibilities being discussed
> include bringing in 4 feet of clean topsoil to build up from the clay
> cap.
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> Does anyone have experience with gardening over landfills?  Any
> resources that you can recommend we read?  Places where gardens have
> been successful on the top of old landfills?
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> Many thanks,
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> Janet Parker
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> Community Gardens - CAC Food & Gardens
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> 1717 N. Stoughton Road
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> Madison, WI 53704
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> janetp at cacscw.org
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> 608-246-4730 ext. 218
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> www.cacscw.org/gardens
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