Southern SAWG- Grub youth program

South Plains Food Bank Grub Youth Program Growing Recruits for Urban Business BYDEBBIE CLINE, FARM MANAGERKRISTA SANDERS, GRUB INTERN KOZIE BACIO, GRUB INTERN

Food BankreceivedFarm Land in1989Roy RiddleStartedgrowingvariousvegetables The Beginnings of GRUB……

Grub Past: Began in 2001

Grub continued to Grow!!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

AcademicYear ProgramSummerWorkProgramNutritionalModel Grub Present

AcademicYear Program-FinanceClass-Creating AResume--Life Skills-- Fitness Grub Present

Academic YearProgram-Springsemester-- Learn fieldwork such as-Irrigation andSprayingfertilizer Grub Present

AcademicYear ProgramFriends &Family Day Grub Present

AcademicYear ProgramSummerWorkProgram Grub Present

AcademicYear ProgramSummerWorkProgram- Harvesting Grub Present

AcademicYear ProgramSummerWorkProgram- WashingMesclun Grub Present

AcademicYear ProgramSummerWorkProgram-BaggingBlack-eyepeas Grub Present

AcademicYear ProgramSummerWorkProgram-Weightingtotals Grub Present

New Cooler to hold produce-recieved last year in a grant

AcademicYear ProgramSummerWorkProgramNutritional Grub PresentModel

AcademicYear ProgramSummerWorkProgramNutritionalModel Grub Present

GRUB FUTUREGoal is to Hire 30 Kids for Summerprogram

Food GRUB: Sharing with the Community

FoodSPFB: 50% ofthe Farm’scrop goes toFood Bankand Kids CaféNeighbors:CSA’s andDowntownArt Market

MOM at the Downtown Farmer’s Market

Grub Scrub Value Added Products

Luffa Arbor

Grub ScrubPart of theProcess

RaisedBeds

Pepper Jelly Value Added Product

DiabetesWalk Volunteerism:

DiabetesWalkArboretum Volunteerism:

DiabetesWalkArboretumStuff the BusWork withKids in theCommunity Volunteerism:

DiabetesWalkArboretumStuff the BusWork withKids in theCommunityRaised Beds

Diabetes WalkArboretumStuff the BusWork withKids at theFarmRaised BedsLow IncomeSeniorApartments-Free Veggies Volunteerism:

Where do wefind our kids? Growing Kids:

Where do wefind our kids?What are ourexpectationsof GRUBKids? Plant seeds

Where do wefind our kids?What are ourexpectationsof GRUBKids? Understand Irrigation

Where do wefind our kids?What are ourexpectationsof GRUBKids? Take notes

Where do wefind our kids?What are ourexpectationsof GRUBKids? Listen!!!

Where do wefind our kids?What are ourexpectations ofGRUB Kids?What canGRUB kidsexpect fromSPFB staff?GRUB is notall work and no Growing Kids:play!!!!

Conferences andField TripsEx: Rooted inCommunity Conference GRUB Play:

Rooted in Community conference

Conferences andField TripsEx: Rooted inCommunity ConferenceCamping Out GRUB Play:

Camping out: Roughing it with RV’s

Camping Out: Bug collecting

Hiking

Camping out: Finding Caves

Conferences andField TripsEx: Rooted inCommunity ConferenceCamping OutSwimmingTeamBuilding/RopesCourse GRUB Play

Walk the plank: Involved trusting our team members.

Worked with anonion specialistWork withTexas A &M onHigh TunnelresearchLearning tomarket veggiesand value addedproductsHave specialclasses on crafts Unique Opportunities

Gourd painting

GrapevineWreaths

Circumstances Grub: Facing Adversity

CircumstancesFlood Grub: Facing Adversity

CircumstancesFloodDrought/HeatHailFreezes Grub: Facing Adversity

CircumstancesFloodDroughtHailFreezesInsects Grub: Facing Adversity

Farmtables fororganizingCSAproduce Grub: Gives back to farm

Grub Kids working on new tables

Tables hold produce perfectly

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