Growing vegetables for a food bank is different than growing vegetables for anyone else, especially in regards to variety and quantity. Here is how we think about growing for the food bank: Figure out what kind of vegetables the food bank clients want. You can…
This season we hosted a garden class at the farm, with an instructor from another organization. That class was for adults, and we also run an education program for kids. That program has two components; the summer program, run in partnership with the local Boys…
To run a Produce Buyers Club, produce must be purchased or obtained from farmers. While focusing on Georgia Grown produce, this allows Concrete Jungle to find farmers in Georgia with excess produce or off grade produce that is sold at a discounted rate or saved…
While City Fruit has a Master Fruit Tree Stewards (MFTS) program to educate the community on caring for fruit trees, City Fruit also offers tree care services. The tree care specialist, offers care and maintenance of privately owned trees to ensure healthy trees that produce…
For the last five years, City Fruit has hosted an annual gala called “Celebrates.” Galas generally tend to be opportunities for non-profit organizations to raise funds for their programing, and City Fruit has added the equally important opportunity of “friend-raising.” Celebrates is an event geared…
City Fruit harvests an abundance of apples every year, and congruently owns three cider presses. These cider presses are both used for City Fruit educational purposes and as a revenue stream for the organization. Of these three cider presses, two are manual and fully operated…
OCCAC started an on-site demonstration garden located at the Okanogan food bank and distribution center in 2009. Successive gardens have been planted, maintained, and harvested through 2012, with plans for continual use of this educational tool and fresh produce source for the adjacent food bank….
The East Omak School Garden has a couple of great components which can be outlined as follows: Three raised vegetable beds using compost and cinder blocks. These beds are not large enough to produce food for the school, so they are used as experiment beds…
When tackling any project, it’s crucial to maintain a record of what you’re doing and how you’re doing it. This could be as simple as creating a process map. You can use many different platforms including a Google Doc, Word file, or a spreadsheet to…
This is a really useful and quick method for creating a transparent signature. It comes in pretty handy in today’s world where a lot of transactions are done online like job applications, contracts, etc. It’s also a very useful tool for Timesheets which need to…