What Folks
are Saying About
Our Indiegogo Repair Shop Project
With just nine more days
until our our Indiegogo
crowdfunding
campaign ends we’ve recently received some timely and
encouraging
media attention from Revmodo
and Food
Democracy Now!
The new activity has brought in additional
contributions and has helped push us past the $12,000 mark. As
we look towards
wrapping up our Indiegogo campaign we need your help: please contribute
if you
can and please help spread the word to your friends and family.
From the Revmodo article:
"The crops they
grow using organic methods requires vintage equipment which needs
constant
maintenance and repair in order to run properly. Thankfully their two
sons are
consummate mechanics and can do the necessary work - but working
outdoors in Maine
winters can be
brutal without a proper shelter. Indiegogo believes in the project and
thus is
featuring them in order to help them raise the $32,000 they need to buy
the
materials for the shed." And from the Food Democracy Now! blog, the
re-posting of a supportive article from The Mother Earth News: “For more than 36 years they
have volunteered many thousands of hours to promote and defend organic
and
oppose GMOs.”
We're grateful for everyone's support.
Below are
some of the comments folks have been posting . Thanks so much!
Jim &
Megan
“I consider this farm and family a national
treasure and will do all I can to support them.” - Susan
“Go Maine Organic!” - Cheryl
“I'm so delighted to support the hardest working
family I “know”. (If I get to choose from Lottie's pictures, #6 (3
harvesters) and #8 (3 repairers) are my favorites.) May the Spirit be
with you always!” - Janice
“Good luck and thanks for all that you do for the
community, state of Maine and the country!”
“I'll take an XL, and good luck. Thanks for
fighting Monsanto.” - Bruce
“They have the BEST potatoes I have ever eaten”
“Good luck building your repair shop. Thanks for
all you do to raise awareness about Monsanto and GMOs. T-shirt size:
medium.” - Doreen
“I love Wood Prairie Farm's potatoes, & have
some growing like crazy now. We need more farmers like the Gerritsens!”
- Mary
“Your family and your farm are such an
inspiration. Thank you for all your hard work! And the best seed
potatoes!” - Jamieson
“Support your local non-GMO farmers” -
Catherine
“Happy to support this project. You and your
family do so much for the farming community as a whole. And your
support of DGA is appreciated too!” - Barbara
“Thank you!” - Karen
“Healthy and organic, the old fashioned way.
America needs to get back to this. We need to support it.” - Michael
“So happy to see the kids involved in this
project. I'm happy to support your efforts.”
“Thanks for all your efforts!!” - Kelcey
“I have had personal contact with Jim and Megan
and know them and people like them to be the foundation upon which this
country stands” - William
“Jim and Megan Gerritsen and family are ALL
agricultural leaders who daily promote the values in agriculture that
we need so much today.” - Nancy
“Great work!” - Earl
“No perks necessary. Just happy to support you.” -
Lisa
“I hope others will support the Gerritsen's,
dedicated farmers of the highest quality.” - Amber
“No perk needed . . . just wanted to say “Thanks”
for all you folks do!” - Harlan
“Large shirt please” - Robert
“The Gerritsens have been tireless advocates for
organic agriculture and they are making real change in the world!” -
Lynn
“It's an honor to be able to play a small part in
helping the Gerritsen family with this wonderful project!” - Janet
“Great idea Jim and family. Good luck to you all
and full speed ahead!” - Darrell
“Good Luck, you do good work.”
“Am glad that we're able to help. Have used your
wonderful seed potatoes for years and want to be a part of your
future.” - Patricia
“Best of luck. I hope my children turn out like
yours – you must be very proud.” - David
“I'm from Maine, I have some idea of what you're
up against. Your site is beautiful and very comprehensive, I think it's
the most compelling cause on the platform. Wish I could afford to give
more but I'm retired.” -Jeanne
"Past the quarter mark! Congratulations!" - Janine
"Congrats! Wood Prairie Farm Organic Seed
Equipment Repair Shop is now featured on Indiegogo's home page thanks
to all your great efforts! Share this excitement with your funders and
fans. Glad we could give a boost to your efforts. Congrats!" - The
Indiegogo Team
“I support organics. NO GMOs!!” - Wanda
“Many thanks for continuing to stand up against
Monsanto and for the rights of all of us, large and small
growers/farmers!” - Felicity
“If each of us chooses to help…even just a little,
we can make a huge difference. We are small but we are mighty!” -
Colleen
“Thank you, may we win this war against Monsanto
and others who are destorying our farmland.”
“Good luck and Congrats on keepin' em going!”
“I love what you are doing!” - Kevin
“Where do I begin to explain how much this
matters, and to how many people? I buy seed potatoes and more from Wood
Prairie. The Gerritsens are a treasure, as providers of high quality
seed and other products, as examples of what it means to do good and
real work, as people who are friends to many, some of whom they may not
have met. Helping with this project is one tiny way to express
gratitude, and become part of the great work they do.” - Diana
“I support Organic!” - Christopher
“Good luck…We feel so grateful to have your family
as advocates for organic and family scale farming. You are such an
inspiration”
“We are looking forward to your awesome seed
potatoes for many years to come.” - Edward
"Thanks for your many years of commitment to
sustainable agriculture and family farming. Good luck with the
project.” - Yellow Birch Farm
“Jim and Megan, When we started here in 1968,
clearing the forest, grubbing out stumps, rolling out rocks and trying
to create fertility, we divided the potential growing area into 20-foot
by 40-foot sections (1/50th of an acre) and gave ourselves a week to
get each one done. It was avery productive system. So here is
approximately 1/50th of your shop. Go for it." - Eliot
“Thank you for your hard work and service to the
organic community. I wish I could contribute more.” - Philip
“Great work you are doing. Thank you all.” - Mary
“To God be the Glory…great things he hath done!” -
Patty
“Awesome people deserve a blessing for all the
good they do.”
“I greatly appreciate everything you do for
organic farmers everywhere!” - Amy
“I hope this small amount helps you all towards
your goal…wish I could do more.”
“Good Luck, Gerritsens! I know this will make a
huge difference for your repairs.”
“I grew up in Maine & Support Maine farmers!”
“It's great to see that Mother Earth still has
stewards who are willing to fight for her and protect her! God Bless
you!”
“yay!” - Jerry
“I'm happy to support those who are working in the
campaign against GMO's.” - Carol
“You inspire me, Jim. Thank you.” - Holly
“Awesome project for some awesome folks!” - Michael
“Keep up the good fight!” - Deborah
“I'm a new customer. very grateful for the wheat
and five grain cereals, which need to be cooked. I like them so much
I'm even eating them in the summertime. I'm retired, on fixed income,
so I can't send much, but I want to help. I don't want a perk--just
want to contribute a little. An organic gardener!” - Louise
“I believe the organic farming is the right way to
grow food and firmly support this initiative”
“Thanks so much to the Gerritsens for the
wonderful food and seeds that you provide, and for your tireless
resistance to biotech giants.” - Heather
""This is a great campaign." - Dwayne
“Bravo, Jim!” - Holly
“Happy to help support our Maine family
businesses!” - Tina
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