slow money maine, july 2015 new england food vision 2015
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The Gleaning InitiativeCatalyzing mutually beneficial relationships
Slow Money Maine, July 2015
New England Food Vision 2015
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14 years HMP23 employees
2 counties1.4 million FY 14
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Starting in 2010 UMCE gleaned 4,000 LBS from 1 Orchard with 20 volunteers
In 2013 a Community Development Block Grant through the Maine Office of Economic Community Development launched the GI.
The Gleaning Initiative is a collaborative project of Healthy Acadia and UMaine Cooperative Extension.
The Gleaning Trajectory
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Volunteer-based Gleaning
Goal 1 - Increase access to locally grown produce using volunteer labor to collect surplus from farms and distribute to food pantries and meal sites
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Surplus and Seconds Management
Goal 2 - Support family farm systems while supplying nutritious food to those in need
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Goal 3 – Catalyze mutually beneficial relationships between farms, businesses, institutions, and food security organizations.
Supporting the local food economy
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Gleaning a Success!• 60,000LBS • 30 Farms• 112 Volunteers
Photos by Brendan Bullock & Maine Farmland Trust
Four Season Farm - Harborside, ME
2014 Funding - Broad Reach Fund, Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, Quimby Family Foundation, USDA SARE
2014 Awards – NOECD/CD Sterling Achievement Award.
2015 Events - New England Food Vision, SFLI, MSCW, Maine Fare, SMM.
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Food Waste Prevention Strategy
Not Preferred
EPA Food Waste Hierarchy
Preferred
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CORE PILOTSmart Growth
$250,000A. Gleaning Initiative Core Activity Costs: $200,000/yr
– Continue to increase farmer and gardener relations– Build in self-sustaining value creation – Provide TA to launch programs throughout Maine
B. Subcontracting Business Consultants: $15,000- FarmStart
- CYON
C. Social Business Pilot Projects: $35,000 / 3-6mo.– Test tech-based solutions for local food economy– Navigate myriad of resources for social business– Subsidize slow paced economic development
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Providing valuable early experience feedback for the LeanPath Zap product development and market strategy
Food Waste Tracking
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Technology Drives Behavior
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PILOT 2 - $10,000 Food Waste Prevention
Phase 1 – Coordination of trial sites 2015 (Sept-Oct)• LeanPath : 5 Food Waste Trackers / 10 food service • Healthy Acadia : 30 site visits - Launch & Best Practices
Phase 2 – Evaluation & Report (November)• HCPC : 5 person days of Executive Director (UMCE)• CYON : Organics Collection Opportunity Assessment
Phase 3 - Feasibility Study of Organics Waste Diversion
Jamien Richardson is wonderful at reflecting ideas back to farmers, in ways that lead to efficient projects
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• Spoiler Alert is a B2B food-tech solution for wasted food
• Creates an online marketplace for discounted food sales, food donations, and waste recovery opportunities
• Offers payment processing, documentation• Open and closed network features: manage
existing relationships or develop new ones
Placing Surplus
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Phase 1 - Spoiler Alert B2B food-tech solution trial • SA Product Development: From Urban to Rural• HA Onboard 45 seats (Farms, Distributors, HCFSN)• FarmStart provides Wholesale Market Consulting
PILOT 3 - $10,000Surplus Management
Phase 2 – Spoiler Alert Online Marketplace 2016• 6 month extension of Spoiler Alert in Downeast, ME• Evaluation and reporting economic opportunities
You provide the passion; we'll help you structure and prune
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Building a lasting partnership• Gleaning• Mainers Feeding Mainers• Bulk CSA model for Farm-to-Institution• Working with Drug Court Volunteers• CYON consulting services under USDA SARE
STAR ROOT FARM A Community Farming Model
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Phase 1 – Refrigerated Storage (Sept-Oct)• Star Root habilitates space for central storage• HA tests the space for Gleaning and Spoiler Alert• CYON provides Operational Plan for Aggregation
PILOT 3 - $5,000Aggregation & Distribution
@ Star Root Farm
Phase 2 – Assessing Food Hub Viability (May 2016)• HA Partners with Distributors, Farmers, Institutions• Star Root operates the Hub• CYON analyses economic opportunities
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Snack Time @ The Mobile Kitchen
Serving Schools and Health Care to create a demand from within institutions for healthy snacks.
Team:Kristyn E LePlanteAnna Wind The Gleaning Initiative UMCE
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Phase 1 – Equip The Mobile Kitchen (Sept-Nov)• GSA supports 9am Healthy Snack Time Plan• HA supports partner coordination and sourcing• LePlante – The Mobile Kitchen Operational Plan
PILOT 5 - $10,000Packaged Healthy Snacks
@ The Mobile Kitchen
Phase 2 – Light Processing for Institutions (May 2016)• HA Partners with UMCE to provide gleaned product• The Mobile Kitchen partners with GSA and MCMH• CYON - Business Planning Consulting
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You had me at Zucchini!
Hannah [email protected]
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www.healthyacadia.org/initiativesA Girl’s Got to Glean (blog)