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The Gleaning InitiativeCatalyzing mutually beneficial relationships
Slow Money Maine, July 2015
New England Food Vision 2015
14 years HMP23 employees
2 counties1.4 million FY 14
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
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
Surplus and Seconds Management
Goal 2 - Support family farm systems while supplying nutritious food to those in need
Goal 3 – Catalyze mutually beneficial relationships between farms, businesses, institutions, and food security organizations.
Supporting the local food economy
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.
Food Waste Prevention Strategy
Not Preferred
EPA Food Waste Hierarchy
Preferred
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
Providing valuable early experience feedback for the LeanPath Zap product development and market strategy
Food Waste Tracking
Technology Drives Behavior
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
• 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
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
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
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
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
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
You had me at Zucchini!
Hannah [email protected]
(c) 207-8128265(o) 207-6677171
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www.healthyacadia.org/initiativesA Girl’s Got to Glean (blog)