Project Action Plans for Community Garden and Gleaning
Name of Project: Community Gardens
Point Person: Nadine |
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SMART objective: To connect EAT to a larger and more diverse community by coordinating with and supporting the Community Center
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What are some action steps we can take in this objective THIS YEAR to move us towards this objective or outcome? |
Who should take the lead on this idea? (individuals, committee or other group?) |
When will this happen? (season or month of the year)
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Idea 1
Be resource “consultants” for the community garden project. Compile a list of EAT members and their area of expertise to provide to the Community Center for use by community garden users.
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Nadine, Sandi, Mike were in this group |
Within the next few months so that the list is available to community garden members as they are planning and planting their plots. |
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Idea 2
Provide a presence at Community Garden meetings.
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As soon as community garden meetings start happening as per community center timeline. |
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Idea 3
Have an EAT garden plot to provide an “example” for other community garden users as well as putting EAT members into the community as a resource and presence.
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Next year when the plots start getting planted per community center timeline. |
Name of Project: Gleaning
Point Person: Nadine |
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SMART objective: To connect surplus food from the community to those who can use it/need it.
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What are some action steps we can take in this objective THIS YEAR to move us towards this objective or outcome? |
Who should take the lead on this idea? (individuals, committee or other group?) |
When will this happen? (season or month of the year)
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Idea 1
Have a guide (similar to the Farm to Table guide) that lists farms/orchards that are willing to let us/people glean to give to places/organizations that could use it (soup kitchen, food bank, churches)
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NEED A LEAD PERSON |
WHEN? |
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Idea 2
Do the gleaning/processing ourselves and give to places and organizations that can use it. (However….we realize this is a huge undertaking worthy of its own separate organization and so there would have to be tremendous interest and energy around this project)
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This may be a project worthy of its own organization so we would need a huge amount of interest and energy as well as some outside help. Maybe partnering with Harvest Against Hunger or a similar organization. |
We thought this needed to be something that we talked more about as a group in order to decide if there was enough of an interest to proceed. |
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Idea 3
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