Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program Expansion at Huerta del Valle Community Garden
Project Overview
Basics
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program Expansion at Huerta del Valle Community Garden
Implementation
IERCD partnered with Huerta del Valle Community Garden (HdV), an Ontario-based urban farm and community garden to expand its Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program via the hiring of a CSA Coordinator at IERCD. The CSA Coordinator's tasks include expanding subscriptions to CSA boxes distributed by HdV; implementing public workshops on nutrition, soil health, and other similar educational topics; and coordinating with IERCD staff to implement NRCS Conservation Practices at HdV.
2017
2017
2018
2/9/2023
Location
Organizations
| Funders | |
| Lead Implementer | |
| Primary RCD | |
| State Assembly Voting District | |
| State Senate Voting District |
Contacts
Mandy Parkes (mparkes@iercd.org)
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Events | Event Type: Workshop | 8 |
| People Participating in Activity | Constituent Type: Underserved Community Primary Service Type: Workshops | 200 |
| People Participating in Activity | Constituent Type: Agricultural Community Primary Service Type: Workshops | 6 |
| People Participating in Activity | Constituent Type: Youth Primary Service Type: School Program | Not Provided |
Reported Performance Measures
| Events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Type | Total | 2018 | 2017 | Units |
| Outreach/Education | 2 | 1 | 1 | number |
| Workshop | 1 | 1 | number | |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | number |
| People Participating in Activity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituent Type | Primary Service Type | Total | 2018 | 2017 | Units |
| General Public | Workshops | 20 | 20 | number | |
| Underserved Community | Workshops | 30 | 30 | number | |
| Agricultural Community | Workshops | 25 | 25 | number | |
| Total | 75 | 45 | 30 | number | |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2017 | 2018 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant (NACD) | $1,173.00 | $2,451.00 | $3,624.00 |
| Grand Total | $1,173.00 | $2,451.00 | $3,624.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
4 of the 8 workshops organized by the CSA Coordinator are to be used to educate the public on nutrition, cooking, and other health-related topics connected to participating in the CSA Program.
4 of the 8 workshops are designed to educate local farmers on soil health, irrigation, and conservation techniques and to help connect them with NRCS/IERCD funding and technical assistance.
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