Take Back Urban Home-steading(s) Action Day
I wrote two weeks ago about the controversy that erupted when the Derveas family, ONE of the pioneers of urban farming, trademarked the terms “Urban Homestead” and “Urban Homesteading, and began sending “cease-and-desist” letters to the rest. The Derveas also ordered Facebook to shut down the FB pages of their perceived “rivals,” and FB complied without warning.
In protest, the FB fan page “Take Back Urban Home-steading(s)”, has declared today, March 7, as “Action Day, and invited their fans, almost 5,800 and growing, to post videos and blogs today reclaiming “Urban Homestead” and “Urban Homesteading.”
This page has evolved into an organic expression of the urban homesteading community and our quest for keeping the words which define who we are as a movement and community germane to all of us. In a real way we’re advocating for one another; we’re discussing, networking, organizing for change, creating events, and expanding our vast and original knowledge of urban homesteading. We’re finding new formats in spreading the word that we ARE urban homestead, and that nobody can copyright our identity, which belongs to all of us…
Please join this group to show that UH is not a brand or company, but a grassroots community and lifestyle.
Here’s one video from “BeeBlume,” a recipient of a “C&D”
One from “TheRealFarmerPinky”
From “Vigilant20″
And “GrownintheCity”
There is a growing playlist of Action Day videos. Grab a bit of sunshine and join the UH community.
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