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Giving Garden Gala at Cafe Bella
Giving Garden Gala Fundraiser to Build a Greenhouse & Provide Healthy Food to Low-Income Families/Sat. Feb. 28 from 2-10 p.m. Do you like helping local causes? Want to be involved in bringing healthy, nutritious food to local families in need? Here is a worthy fundraiser! The greenhouse is intended to provide produce and plant starts to give to the local SDA CHOICE food pantry on 80 S. 18th St. The project seeks to get fresh produce into the hands of low-income poeple, and also to teach them how to grow and prepare simple nutritious food on their own. Please consider volunteering at the Giving Garden Gala at Café Bella, 2593 N. High Street. Volunteers can expect to work for two hour shifts from 2-10pm (later for clean-up crew) coordinating admissions, (wo)maning … Read entire article »
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Farmer’s Market Community Foods Consignment
An interesting concept at community food bank in Arizona that runs community gardens and farmer’s markets in underserved areas. They have a program where home gardeners and local farmers can sign up and drop off produce at the stand to be sold on consignment. No resold produce all must be grown locally by the participant. This allows small backyard gardeners, who may only have occasional small amounts of produce, to contribute to the food security of their neighborhoods. The farmer’s markets that the food banks hosts all accept food stamps. Community Food Bank Consignment Program Posted by: Mayda … Read entire article »
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Interview with Vilsack, Obama’s pick for Ag Secretary
This entry by Brian Depew on Tue, 12/16/2008 on Blog for Rural America provides some insight on how Vilsack will fare on issues important to sustainable minded small farmers. It is encouraging. Although his enthusiasm for biotech is one of his major negatives, he does address some of those issues in this interview. Vilsack Appointed Ag Secretary, Interview Redux | Center for Rural Affairs. by Mayda … Read entire article »
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Bill Moyers interviews Michael Pollan
PBS recently aired an interview with Michael Pollan about American food policy, changes he’d like to see the Obama administration make to localize agriculture, and the wishes of some that Pollan be appointed Secretary of Agriculture. The video is in two parts and also features farmers markets and community gardening in New York City. Part 1: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/watch.html Part 2: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/watch2.html … Read entire article »
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Food Pantry Research
By Karen G. Thank you for the opportunity to address an issue that is very near and dear to my heart. That is the need to talk about and make changes in the availability of fresh vegetables. I would like to enlist the help of churches, non-profits and even individual gardeners to grow locally and donate it to pantries. The following information and ideas are from my research into why and how food could be improved for everyone. The need for fresh and healthy produce is vast and unending. Fresh locally grown pesticide free food would solve many problems our society is facing. Health problems such as heart disease, colon cancer and obesity could be prevented.(over 30% according to health experts. 50% was quoted by a Surgeon General at a hearing according … Read entire article »
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Another Food pantry idea
Another idea that might be used to promote donation by farmers to food pantries is the one below. Already used by CFI in Athens, Ohio. Subject: PSA-Harvest a Row for the Hungry From: “Community Food Initiatives” <cfi@frognet.net> Date: Tue, September 2, 2008 8:38 pm To: undisclosed-recipients:; —————————————————- Please post this until September 15th, 2008 Contact: Ronda Clark 740-593-5971 Are you awash in produce from your gardens and don’t know what to do with it? If so, please donate it to the CFI Donation Station at the Athens Farmers Market or bring them to 143 Morris Avenue, Athens. We will get them to the local food pantries, My Sisters Place, Goodworks and the Rural Womens Recovery House. For info 740-593-5971 or cfi@frognet.net … Read entire article »
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Food Pantry Ideas
I have an idea on how to help food pantries get more local and fresh produce during the season. There are several farmer’s markets around the city, all with vendors that bring alot of produce during the summer season. Could an organization organize and train volunteers to make the rounds at these markets and talk to the farmers about contributing their unsold produce at the end of each market day to local food pantries? There would need to be a few or more volunteers to make the contacts. The volunteer would arrange to pickup the produce at the end of market day or at a set location that same day and take it to the food pantry. Volunteers could not be at all the markets right at closing time, so arrangements could … Read entire article »
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