The document outlines an intern project proposal to introduce and promote community gardens to clients of the Food Access and Sustainability Department (FASD) in order to increase access to nutritious foods and education. The proposal discusses three strategies: 1) Nutrition intern outreach at school pantries to provide information about nearby community gardens, 2) Adding a community gardens section to FASD's website, and 3) Helping to create and support better community gardens through workshops, curriculum development, and speakers. The effectiveness of these strategies would be measured by decreases in clients purchasing unhealthy food and increases in clients growing their own food, according to FASD's hunger study results. The proposal aligns with FASD's vision

1. Intern Project Proposal – Pui Ki Lam
August 10, 2015

2. FASD’s Vision & Mission
• What do we want to see? “A hunger-free and healthy San
Diego”.
• What are we going to do? We will “end hunger through healthy
food, education and advocacy”.

3. FASD’s Values
1. Respect
2. Stewardship and Accountability
3. Collaboration
4. Urgency
5. Service
6. Integrity
7. Diversity
8. Health and Nutrition
9. Innovation and Continuous Improvement

4. FASD’s Values
1. Respect
2. Stewardship and Accountability
3. Collaboration
4. Urgency
5. Service
6. Integrity
7. Diversity
8. Health and Nutrition
9. Innovation and Continuous Improvement

5. FASD’s Values
3. Collaboration
We believe in the power of the community. We collaborate and build strong
relationships, based on trust with and among those who share our vision of creating a
hunger-free San Diego.
8. Health and Nutrition
We believe in distributing quality, wholesome meals, and increasing “foods to
encourage” while decreasing unhealthy foods. We believe in developing and
implementing a comprehensive education plan to empower clients and their
communities.
9. Innovation and Continuous Improvement
We believe in bringing forward new ideas and looking for better ways to achieve
our mission. We are dedicated to achieving positive changes to improve efficiency
and quality by working leanly and focusing on professional development.

6. How?

7. Community Garden – What I think I do

8. Community Garden – What I actually do

9. What is Community Garden?
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC),
community gardens are collaborative projects on shared open
spaces where participants share in the maintenance and products of
the garden, including healthful and affordable fresh fruits and
vegetables.

10. Benefits-Food Production
• Allow families and individuals without land of their own the
opportunity to produce food, and provide a place for gardeners to
share knowledge and skills
• Access to nutritionally rich foods that may otherwise be unavailable
to low-income families and individuals
• One project estimated that community gardeners saved between
$75 and $380 in food costs every season
• Community gardens donate thousands of pounds of fresh produce
to food pantries and involve people in processes that provide food
security and alleviate hunger

11. Benefits-Health
• Studies have shown that community gardeners and their children
eat healthier diets than do non-gardening families
• People who garden (or who live with someone who gardens) tend
to eat more fruits and vegetables on a daily basis
• Increasing the consumption of organic local produce reduces
exposure to chemical fertilizers and pesticides
• Gardening is considered a moderate to heavy intensity physical
activity
• Exposure to green space reduces stress and increases a sense of
wellness and belonging

12. Buy 1, get 1 free

13. Wait a minute! You will get more from this special deal!

14. More Benefits!
• Carbon Footprint (Locally grown food reduces or eliminates this transit time+fossil-fuel,
helping to greatly reduce waste)
• Community garden programs provide employment, education, and business opportunities
for a wide variety of people, including students, recent immigrants, and homeless people
• Bring people together from a wide variety of backgrounds (age, race, culture, social
class).
• Build community leaders
• Recognized by the many police departments as an effective community crime prevention
strategy (dropped by 90 percent after police helped residents clean up vacant lots and
plant gardens).
• Serve as an outdoor classroom where youth can learn valuable skills, like those involving
practical math, communication, responsibility and cooperation.
• Community gardens add beauty to the community and heighten people’s awareness and
appreciation for living things.

15. Why Community Garden works?
• One of the
Initiatives from
USDA

16. 2011 People's Garden Grant Award Recipients

17. 2011 People's Garden Grant Award Recipients
1. To renew two moribund community gardens, create one new school garden and
one new community garden within an existing park
2. Perform capacity assessments in questionnaire form for each of the proposed
four garden projects and present the assessment findings
3. Make recommendations to the administrators and members of the gardens
4. Arrange topic-specific trainings led by community garden experts to increase
the garden's self-sufficiency.
5. Each garden will work with the Children's Nature Institute, a project partner, to
create a garden-specific educational curriculum.
As the organizational capacity and self-sufficiency of each garden increases, so
will the benefits that each garden provides.

18. 2011 People's Garden Grant Award Recipients

19. 2011 People's Garden Grant Award Recipients
14 new, sustainable, produce-focused community gardens.
These gardens will be located in high-need areas, suffering from
hunger and food insecurity and provide an extraordinary place for
learning and healthy living.
Partner: Colorado State University Extension to offer families and
youth hands-on lessons

20. Why
Community
Garden works?
• Recommended
from MyPlate
Community
Toolkit

21. Why
Community
Garden works?
• Supported by Let’s Move

22. Why
Community
Garden works?
• Supported by Let’s Move

23. Why Community Garden works?
• Supported by Let’s Move

24. What about other food banks?

26. According to Feeding America…
• Eight states exhibited statistically significantly higher household food
insecurity rates than the U.S. national average of 14.6% between
2011-2013:
1. Arkansas 21.2%
2. Mississippi 21.1%
3. Texas 18.0%
4. Tennessee 17.4%
5. North Carolina 17.3% vs California 15% (San Diego 13.9%)
6. Missouri 16.9%
7. Georgia 16.6%
8. Ohio 16.0%

28. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS)
Agricultural Training Programs
-Tryon Road Teaching Farm
-Urban Gardens

29. IFFS - Tryon Road Teaching Farm
Tryon Road Teaching Farm
• Incubator Farmer Program – help new farmers: mentoring, tools, small
plots of land. They provide volunteer work on the farm.
Provide business opportunities: Urban farmers are starting profitable produce
operations on as little as 1/8 acre in their back-yards, selling direct to neighbors and
restaurants
• Farm Stand – Sells fresh produce. Accept SNAP
• Volunteering – Volunteer, school group field trips,
• family farming days
• Workshops – Partnership with School, ex. Beekeeping,
• vegetable gardening, compost …etc

30. IFFS-Urban Gardens
Urban Gardens
• Focused on building food security in food deserts areas.
“If you want food, you go to the grocery store. It’s simple enough,
right? But what if there is no grocery store near you? What if you
don’t have a car? What if you don’t have enough money? When
you make a decision to grow your own food, you are taking
control of your own food security and your health.” IFFS

31. IFFS - Urban Gardens (Raleigh)
1. Raleigh Food Security (grant from Jamie
Kirk Hahn Foundation)
Train families to grow their own fresh food, as a
means of reducing food budgets and increase
nutrients in their diets.
1.Camden Street Learning Garden
The obvious goal in a food desert is to increase food access.
And we are working to accomplish that. But our larger goal
is give the people who come to The Camden Street Learning
Garden the ability to be a part of experiences that will change
their lives forever. So in the end, they aren’t just growing
food. They are growing people. They are growing
community. And that is what it is all about.

32. IFFS - Urban Gardens (Raleigh)
1. Raleigh Food Security (grant from Jamie
Kirk Hahn Foundation)
2.Seed to Supper Urban Gardening Training
• 5-week comprehensive beginning gardening
course taught by NC State Master Gardeners
• Participants attend the course for free

33. IFFS - Urban Gardens (Durham)
2. Durham Food Security
2 gardens in Durham.
1.Langley Community Garden (grant from
Duke Durham Neighborhood Partnership)
-Workshops
-Volunteers
-Offer urban agriculture internships>urban farming and gardening
knowledge, also skills in building and design, community engagement, and
produce distribution.
All produce grown in the Langley Community Garden is distributed to the interns and their
neighbors. Excess food goes to Urban Ministries of Durham (to feed the homeless).

34. IFFS - Urban Gardens (Durham)
2. Durham Food Security
2.Blue Cross Blue Shield Community Garden
(Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
funds the garden and donates produce)
-workshops
-BCBSNC department groups to receive urban
agriculture training
-volunteers
-employee volunteers

35. How are we going to do this?
Introduce and promote
community gardens to our
clients:
1. Nutrition interns’ outreach
2. Community gardens info up
on FASD website
3. Help create better community
gardens

36. 1.Nutrition interns’ outreach
If I am going to a school pantry site…
For example, Hamilton Elementary School
Step 1: I will go to community garden map to find out what
community gardens are nearby the Hamilton Elementary School.

37. 1.Nutrition interns’ outreach
There are few community gardens
that are near by Hamilton
Elementary School.
1. San Diego Peace Garden
2. Hollywood Palms Resident
Garden
3. Ridgeview Community Garden
4. Mt. Hope Community Garden

38. 1.Nutrition intern outreach
Step 2: Collect information
(location, contact information)
Also check their calendar see if
there is any workshop or
opportunities available.

39. 1.Nutrition intern outreach

40. 1.Nutrition intern outreach
Step 3: Create info sheet and print them out!
Just like creating recipes!
$$$? Printing cost

41. 1.Nutrition intern outreach
If I am going to San Marcos…

43. 2.Community Gardens Info up on FASD Website
• Introduce clients
about community
gardens and
provide links to
gardens map and
resources.
• $$? IT/Marketing
department
Community Gardens
FIND A COMMUNITY GARDEN NEAR YOU
CLICK HERE FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN LOCATIONS

44. 3.Help Create Better Community Gardens
• Invite speakers to community gardens (workshops)
We can use the resources from the Master Gardener Association of
San Diego
$$? Speakers may charge a few dollars to cover their expenses
• Create educational garden-specific educational curriculum
We can work with the Master Gardener Association of San Diego to
create courses for kids.
$$?

45. 3a.Invite Speakers to Community Gardens (workshops)
$$? Speakers may charge a few dollars to cover their expenses**

46. 3a. Invite Speakers to Community Gardens (workshops)

47. 3b. Create educational garden-specific educational
curriculum

48. How do we know it works?
Based on FASD’s Hunger Study:
Stretching Dollars
• 49% eat food past its expiration date this will show decrease
• 45% sell or pawn personal property
• 67% purchase inexpensive, unhealthy food  this will show decrease
• 35% water down food or drinks
• 18% grow food in a garden  this will show an increase

49. FASD’s Vision & Mission
• What do we want to see? “A hunger-free and healthy San
Diego”.
• What are we going to do? We will “end hunger through healthy
food, education and advocacy”.

50. FASD’s Values
3. Collaboration
We believe in the power of the community. We collaborate and build strong
relationships, based on trust with and among those who share our vision of creating a
hunger-free San Diego.
8. Health and Nutrition
We believe in distributing quality, wholesome meals, and increasing “foods to
encourage” while decreasing unhealthy foods. We believe in developing and
implementing a comprehensive education plan to empower clients and their
communities.
9. Innovation and Continuous Improvement
We believe in bringing forward new ideas and looking for better ways to achieve
our mission. We are dedicated to achieving positive changes to improve efficiency
and quality by working leanly and focusing on professional development.

51. FY15-16 Programs Department Work Plan
• Goal A2: Acquire 130,500,000 pounds of donated or purchased food over the
next five years with a focus on increasing local produce and retail store
donations.
Strategy A2a: Purchase product according to FASD’s Purchased Nutrition
Policy and source as much Foods to Encourage for donated product as
possible.

52. The End!
Q & A time!!