[OKC] FW: [HIGHTUNNELS] Scam targeting CSA/organic Farmers

[Jennifer Gooden]

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Moore [mailto:anichinimoore at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 10:46 AM
To: chiefseneca at hotmail.com; Jennifer Gooden; rejuvrita at olp.net;
sshields at cox.net
Subject: FW: [HIGHTUNNELS] Scam targeting CSA/organic Farmers

FYI:  Might want to pass this one on.
Kathy


From: Lucy Goodman <goodows at INFINET.COM>
Reply-To: High tunnel discussion list <HIGHTUNNELS at LISTSERV.KSU.EDU>
To: HIGHTUNNELS at LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
Subject: [HIGHTUNNELS] Scam targeting CSA/organic Farmers
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:17:59 -0500

I pulled this off of the Local Harvest Forum
(http://www.localharvest.org/forum/). They have not contacted us Boulder
Belt Farmers yet but if they do we will refuse their "services"
Lucy Goodman



There is a nation wide scam targeting CSA farmers! We (and several
farmers we know) received multiple phone calls from people claiming to
be part of a private trust called Debt Free Organic which will give
small farmers up to
2.5 million dollars to pay off debts and use on farm projects. They ask
for a donation "to process your application". They use a lot of
persuasive
language- "how open minded are you?" and >"are you an information
gatherer or do you really want help?" etc... When I tried to get
addresses, full names, tax ID etc...they got hostile. It makes me SICK
to think of them taking any small farmer's money!