Feed 10 families for 10 weeks by sponsoring CSA shares with Other Hand Farm.
Leader
Other Hand Farm K
Location
3156 W 61st Street Cleveland , OH 44102
We want to feed 10 families for 10 weeks this summer through our new CSA program.
CSA stands for community supported agriculture which is another way of saying neighbors feeding neighbors. We will provide a weekly box to each family with 7-10 items of produce grown at Other Hand Farm. We're talking greens, salad mixes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, fruits from neighborhood fruit trees, berries, herbs, flower bouquets and more.
It's not all about food either. Over the past few years we've realized that sometimes providing fresh produce is not enough. It's hard to incorporate fresh food into your day-to-day if you've never cooked with it before (think kohlrabi!). This is why we decided to also include hands-on cooking demonstrations and weekly recipes to help these ten families get acquainted with their summer CSA.
Creating a sense of place is not only giving food to neighbors, but including them in the entire process of growing and harvesting all summer long. We want to invite these ten families to call this garden theirs.
Exciting News! Neighborhood Connections has agreed to match all donations up to $1000. That means we now only need to raise $1000 to get to our goal, and your donation goes twice as far!
February and March - Start sowing seeds in preparation for the season.
March and April - Prepare the garden for the growing season: building beds, adding compost, setting up irrgation etc.
April and May - Recruit families and PLANT, PLANT, PLANT!
May through August - Feed the Community!
1 in 5 Ohioans is identified as food insecure and as many as 450,000 Cuyahoga County residents live in food deserts. According to the USDA, a food desert is defined as part of the country without access to fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthy whole foods usually found in impoverished areas. This is largely due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers markets, and healthy food providers in a neighborhood.
We believe that having access to healthy food supports a healthy lifestyle and we also believe that a community garden is an asset and creates a sense of place for people. We want to grow food in this garden and give it to the people who live here because no Clevelander should miss out on the opportunity to access locally grown, chemical free vegetables. Everyone has a right to decide where their food comes from and we just want to help cultivate an appreciation for produce.
