Our Mission:
To provide struggling communities with thetechnology to grow fish and vegetables and feed thousands of people; to teach these people to sustain and expand this technology, become self sufficient, and feed thousands more.
Fish It Forward, Baltimore Community Run Farm for Food SecurityKevin Callen
Community run aquaponics farm in Baltimore Maryland by a non-profit organization for food security via sustainable organic hydroponics and aquaculture.
School, Community & Home Gardening Resource Guide; Gardening Guidebook for Tompkins County, New York ~ Cornell University ~ For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Proposal for sustainable food system to benefit under nourished school childr...Susan Evans
GoodtoChina is a social enterprise that designs solutions for social innovation and sustainability that encourage a paradigm shift from non-sustainable behavior towards sustainable and healthy behavior. We tackle urban challenges by creating opportunities for change through the development of contemporary systems and environments and by providing tools and education to influence a change in people behavior: as a consequence of these interventions we help to propel new opportunities for social and environmental reform and economic revenue through changes in demand and supply to traditional systems.
Each strategy and design solution addresses the 3 pillars of sustainability, namely, social, environmental and economic.
Our umbrella goal is to create environments whereby people, business and environment are healthier and happier.
The impact from the systems we propose can be measured across both tangible and non-tangible elements that include: happiness, pollution, energy usage, renewable energy, food sources, renewable materials & construction.
We do this through a variety of products and services:
Sky Farms is one of our products and services
Sky farms: An innovative platform of experiential urban farming which encourages sustainable and healthy living, supports a paradigm shift from the conventional food model, which is rural, disconnected and monoculture to an alternative contemporary approach which is urban, connected and distributed.
Sky farms are designed to support social innovation and sustainability: they connect and engage communities, educate and enable sharing in collaborative socially desirable environments
Impact: positively impact the psychology and quality of life of urban residents by repurposing unused spaces and so encourage a re-distribution of the food chain, increase knowledge of how to grow local organic food, increase green space in the city that will help to reduce hot island city effect and reduce energy usage for cooling and heating,
Sustainable Nutrition Manual presentation for clearance (result = endorsed!)Stacia Nordin
Presentation to the Malawi Agriculture Technical Clearing Committee which, after discussion, resulted in Endorsement of the revised Sustainable Nutrition Manual. Coming your way soon! Publishing process now underway.
Follow www.NeverEndingFood.org for updates
In response to the growing need for access to fresh and nutritious food in cities, community organizations are training residents to grow and maintain their own fruit and nut trees. To help urban greening professionals improve the health and livability of neighborhoods by planting and caring for fruit and nut trees, Alliance for Community Trees launched the Community Groves℠ program in 2013. Community Groves℠ resources and best practices enable local organizations to address issues of nutrition, land use, and food access through tree planting and care. Fruit and nut trees can be your next step towards healthier, more sustainable, and more secure communities.
Fish It Forward, Baltimore Community Run Farm for Food SecurityKevin Callen
Community run aquaponics farm in Baltimore Maryland by a non-profit organization for food security via sustainable organic hydroponics and aquaculture.
School, Community & Home Gardening Resource Guide; Gardening Guidebook for Tompkins County, New York ~ Cornell University ~ For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Proposal for sustainable food system to benefit under nourished school childr...Susan Evans
GoodtoChina is a social enterprise that designs solutions for social innovation and sustainability that encourage a paradigm shift from non-sustainable behavior towards sustainable and healthy behavior. We tackle urban challenges by creating opportunities for change through the development of contemporary systems and environments and by providing tools and education to influence a change in people behavior: as a consequence of these interventions we help to propel new opportunities for social and environmental reform and economic revenue through changes in demand and supply to traditional systems.
Each strategy and design solution addresses the 3 pillars of sustainability, namely, social, environmental and economic.
Our umbrella goal is to create environments whereby people, business and environment are healthier and happier.
The impact from the systems we propose can be measured across both tangible and non-tangible elements that include: happiness, pollution, energy usage, renewable energy, food sources, renewable materials & construction.
We do this through a variety of products and services:
Sky Farms is one of our products and services
Sky farms: An innovative platform of experiential urban farming which encourages sustainable and healthy living, supports a paradigm shift from the conventional food model, which is rural, disconnected and monoculture to an alternative contemporary approach which is urban, connected and distributed.
Sky farms are designed to support social innovation and sustainability: they connect and engage communities, educate and enable sharing in collaborative socially desirable environments
Impact: positively impact the psychology and quality of life of urban residents by repurposing unused spaces and so encourage a re-distribution of the food chain, increase knowledge of how to grow local organic food, increase green space in the city that will help to reduce hot island city effect and reduce energy usage for cooling and heating,
Sustainable Nutrition Manual presentation for clearance (result = endorsed!)Stacia Nordin
Presentation to the Malawi Agriculture Technical Clearing Committee which, after discussion, resulted in Endorsement of the revised Sustainable Nutrition Manual. Coming your way soon! Publishing process now underway.
Follow www.NeverEndingFood.org for updates
In response to the growing need for access to fresh and nutritious food in cities, community organizations are training residents to grow and maintain their own fruit and nut trees. To help urban greening professionals improve the health and livability of neighborhoods by planting and caring for fruit and nut trees, Alliance for Community Trees launched the Community Groves℠ program in 2013. Community Groves℠ resources and best practices enable local organizations to address issues of nutrition, land use, and food access through tree planting and care. Fruit and nut trees can be your next step towards healthier, more sustainable, and more secure communities.
Samoa Agritourism Policy Setting Worskhop 2016
Linking Agriculture and Tourism through Policy setting:
Strengthening the local agrifood sector and promoting agritourism
Workshop organised by the Government of Samoa and CTA
in collaboration with PIPSO
Inspiration from Yewol for all of us (ICRISAT Policy Brief 14)ICRISAT
How communities joined hands to replenish the ecosystem that belongs to them in Ethiopian highlands. Five years ago, communities in the dry highlands of the Yewol mountains found it difficult to grow even their staple crops. In the rainy season, rainwater gushed down the slopes eroding the soil. Free grazing of cattle and unreliable rain affected the productivity so much that crops began to dwindle along with their livestock. Migration was the only way out for some. Food shortage stalked the residents and it still is a reality for some. At a time when the people were struggling with the situation, a watershed initiative was started by concerned local researchers with the support of the government. The project brought in the needed change among communities to join hands and work together to replenish the dwindling resources of their homeland, Yewol, which in Amharic means for all of us.
Solar cooking Benefits - Messages to StakeholdersPaul Arveson
Solar thermal cooking has benefits not only for the cook but in general for women, environmentalists, health workers, engineers, economic developers, and country leaders. Billions still cook over open fires, but on sunny days a solar cooker can replace fire and provide clean, safe cooking energy with no fuel cost -- the cheapest way to cook food. Solar cookers can thereby also eliminate much of the labor of foraging for wood, chopping and preparing fires, and thus it can liberate time for women to devote to child care, education and employment. This in turn can lead to multiple economic, health and environmental benefits, such as reduced deforestation, reduced injuries, reduced habitat loss, reduced pollution, and hence help to develop countries in an innovative way. This is one of a series of slide presentations developed by Paul Arveson, a director of Solar Household Energy, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC.
Samoa Agritourism Policy Setting Worskhop 2016
Linking Agriculture and Tourism through Policy setting:
Strengthening the local agrifood sector and promoting agritourism
Workshop organised by the Government of Samoa and CTA
in collaboration with PIPSO
Inspiration from Yewol for all of us (ICRISAT Policy Brief 14)ICRISAT
How communities joined hands to replenish the ecosystem that belongs to them in Ethiopian highlands. Five years ago, communities in the dry highlands of the Yewol mountains found it difficult to grow even their staple crops. In the rainy season, rainwater gushed down the slopes eroding the soil. Free grazing of cattle and unreliable rain affected the productivity so much that crops began to dwindle along with their livestock. Migration was the only way out for some. Food shortage stalked the residents and it still is a reality for some. At a time when the people were struggling with the situation, a watershed initiative was started by concerned local researchers with the support of the government. The project brought in the needed change among communities to join hands and work together to replenish the dwindling resources of their homeland, Yewol, which in Amharic means for all of us.
Solar cooking Benefits - Messages to StakeholdersPaul Arveson
Solar thermal cooking has benefits not only for the cook but in general for women, environmentalists, health workers, engineers, economic developers, and country leaders. Billions still cook over open fires, but on sunny days a solar cooker can replace fire and provide clean, safe cooking energy with no fuel cost -- the cheapest way to cook food. Solar cookers can thereby also eliminate much of the labor of foraging for wood, chopping and preparing fires, and thus it can liberate time for women to devote to child care, education and employment. This in turn can lead to multiple economic, health and environmental benefits, such as reduced deforestation, reduced injuries, reduced habitat loss, reduced pollution, and hence help to develop countries in an innovative way. This is one of a series of slide presentations developed by Paul Arveson, a director of Solar Household Energy, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC.
Helen Keller International: Reducing Malnutrition WorldwideCarolWinsor
At Helen Keller International, we are dedicated to reducing malnutrition by providing low-cost vitamin A supplementation to millions of the world’s most vulnerable people and working with communities and local partners to make simple changes in food production and consumption. For more information, see http://www.hki.org.
Helen Keller International: Reducing Malnutrition WorldwideCarolWinsor
At Helen Keller International, we are dedicated to reducing malnutrition by providing low-cost vitamin A supplementation to millions of the world’s most vulnerable people and working with communities and local partners to make simple changes in food production and consumption. For more information, see http://www.hki.org.
Helen Keller International: Reducing Malnutrition WorldwideCarolWinsor
At Helen Keller International, we are dedicated to reducing malnutrition by providing low-cost vitamin A supplementation to millions of the world’s most vulnerable people and working with communities and local partners to make simple changes in food production and consumption. For more information, see http://www.hki.org.
Helen Keller International: Reducing Malnutrition WorldwideCarolWinsor
At Helen Keller International, we are dedicated to reducing malnutrition by providing low-cost vitamin A supplementation to millions of the world’s most vulnerable people and working with communities and local partners to make simple changes in food production and consumption. For more information, see http://www.hki.org.
What is the Dubuque Eats Well? Intro to the Local Food Systems Working GroupCarolyn Scherf
Dubuque Eats Well:
Part of the Regional Food Systems Working Group - Working to create resilient local food systems in Dubuque, Deleware, and Jackson County
http://www.fao.org/agroecology/en/ | Presentation by Parviz Koohafkan of the World Agricultural Heritage Foundation regarding the development of sustainable food systems. The presentation was delivered on January 31, 2017 at the CGRFA Side Event Biodiversity and Agroecology: The Agroecology Knowledge Hub.
"Overview: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets"
Taking Action Against Food Insecurity
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
FRIEND Fiji - Going to Scale with Smart Investments in Community Food Product...Jana Dietershagen
Presentation during the session 'Going to Scale with Smart Investments in Community Food Production and Health Initiatives: A Response to Fiji’s Health Crisis' GLF Bonn Digital Summit, 04 June 2020
2. Our Vision
To transform the world’s hungry and oppressed into
well fed, productive members of their societies.
3. To provide struggling communities with the
technology to grow fish and vegetables and feed
thousands of people; to teach these people to
sustain and expand this technology, become self
sufficient, and feed thousands more.
Our Mission
4. Contents
Food Security
The Challenge
Our Objective
Technology
Sustainable Community Matrix
Organization & Business Model
Leadership
Partnerships
Investment Opportunity
Contacts
5. Apr 24, 2013
Food Security
“When all people at all times have access to
sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a
healthy and active life.”
(World Health Organization)
6. • Food insecurity exists in 17.4 million households in America.
• 925 million people on Earth are undernourished
(13.6% of 6.8 billion people)
(World Hunger Education Service, 2010)
7. Globally, 1 in 7 people go to bed hungry each day
In the US, 1 out of every 8 children under the age
of 12 goes to bed hungry every night
8. The Challenge
To increase and sustain food security for families
and communities
To combat the impacts of low food security on society
• Poverty, famine, & disease
• Drained emotional & mental resources
• Impaired educational success for children
• Threats to the foundations of family, social, religious,
& community structures
Added Stats from the USDA report , Household Food Security in the United States, 2009,
published November 2010.
Full report is available at www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR108/ERR108.pdf)
9. Our Objective
Bringing food security…
• People - and a company - committed to
a world mission:
Sustainable, affordable, local food solutions
Simple, proven, integrated technology
Expert academic, business, and system support
Resourceful, responsible environmental profile
Community and family engagement and opportunity
…to world families
• A mission to reduce community hunger, improve nutritional
health, and raise economic quality of life
• One village community, one village, one family at a time
10. Technology
Sustainable, effective, farm system
Turn-key Food Production Facility (FPF)
• Aquaculture system cultivating
25,000 to 200,000 pounds of fish per year.
• Integrated hydroponics greenhouse nourished by
fertile aquaculture effluent
• Urban warehouse/factory
• Office building/school
(could make use of an abandoned facility)
• Rural greenhouse
• A closed loop, self sustaining, organic food system
15. Organization & Business Model
• 501 C-3 corporation
• Baltimore, Maryland, May 2011
• George T. Hudnet, Jr. – Founder
• Global non-profit organization
• Privately funded through grants, contributions,
in-kind, and institutional donations
• Committed to strict governance, business ethics,
& financial sustainability
• Board of Directors
• Board of Advisors
• Expert Advisors
16. Leadership
George T. Hudnet, Jr., Founder
• Born and raised in Baltimore, MD
• Johns Hopkins University, Engineering
• Co-founder, Caribbean Missions Project
• GM, Baltimore RESCO
$200-million renewable energy/aquaculture facility
• Board of Directors
• Board of Advisors
• Expert Advisors
17. List of Advisory Board
Rev. McKinley Battle
• Washington Metro Area Director of World Hope
Victor Ramirez
• Maryland Senator, originally from El Salvador
19. Investment Opportunity
• Become part of a local-to-global network of
non-profit initiatives dedicated to establishing
cost-effective, healthy sustainable food systems and the
creation of jobs;
• Join a world wide initiative committed to building
community food security with renewable resources,
sound economic development, and stronger, self-reliant
communities;
Hi, I’m George Hudnet, founder of Fish it Forward Over the last 44 years I have spent time working on mission projects both here and outside the US providing assistance in the way of painting, construction, or just fix-it-up for those who either could not afford it or those affected by natural disasters. Well, about 2 years ago I caught a segment on “60 Minutes” where Harvard Kennedy School had adopted Baptist Town, Mississippi and was featured doing repairs and fix-ups. My wife Linda & I watched the segment and when it was over I said “We have been doing the same work year after year after year; we need to change our approach and start providing a means for people to become self sufficient and a means to become productive and proud members of their societies. It was this show that really got me thinking about how to do what, in my mind, I knew was the right thing to do. Its’ a concept of “pay it forward”. So, I would like to tell you how Fish it Forward will help those who can’t help themselves at this time.
Our Vision, - I will state the vision
Our Mission.
Contents – I will talk about the following items in my presentation today.
Food Security – The World Health Org defines Food Security as:
Food Insecurity … over photo of undernourished Americans, preferably in an urban setting. Read the two bullets and – when you are not sure where your next meal is coming from, like some single moms trying to feed her kids; its not only physically hard on the children its mentally and emotionally hard on everyone in the family.
Two additional points—read them – I personally have a hard time picturing 1 out of every 8 children going to bed hungry every night – in the US – this just blows my mind.
The Challenge – Go thru the points – We will not eliminate the problem, but if we can get some of the families and communities working, earning some money while helping to reduce the hunger and emotional stresses of the suffering, they will also increase the feeling of self worth and aid in developing a pride among the community.
Our Objective - (Over a photo of fish in a net and produce on a large plate) Just elaborate as I read the bullets. ( last bullet, do we have one more than needed? Take village out? Lets also look at the separation of “to world families” from top.) Bringing food security… People - and a company - committed to a world mission: Sustainable, affordable, local food solutions Simple, proven, integrated technology Expert academic, business, and system support Resourceful, responsible environmental profile Community and family engagement and opportunity … to world families A mission to reduce community hunger, improve nutritional health, and raise economic quality of life One village community, one town, one family at a time
Sustainable Technology - The really great ability of this system is it allows the use of urban abandoned buildings; buildings which can be donated to the project and can generate not only fish and vegetables but a tax deduction for the owner. With the use of grow lights the urban farm can actually out-produce the rural greenhouse in the same foot print of space.
Diagram of system, like www.growfish.com home page, go down to sketch & click – make it a 5 tank (4 shown) system with greenhouse. Talk about the system and how it works. The 5 tank system will produce 25,000 pounds of Tilapia a year, about 40,000 if the fish is Asian Sea Bass. A 30X120 foot greenhouse will produce 18,000 pounds of produce per year. Our Pilot facility will be capable of producing between 75,000 pounds to 120,000 pounds of fish and more than 50,000 pounds of produce per year
Describe set-up
Can we make it so a click on Phase 1 takes you to the next slide (#13) which is like the “visual” that was on our original description. With this visual we may be able to show all 3 phases on one slide (#13). Have slide say Local To Global.
Leadership – Read and … expand on Carrib Miss proj in 1971 where I was 1 of 3 original founders. We actually started in 1970 as unorganized Methodist men wanting to help after hearing a presentation at the Church’s Annual Conference. … Review the list of Expert Advisors.
Names from George
We have developed several partnerships which only enhances our ability for success and expands our ability for even more outreach... Our partnerships include: The Living Classrooms ….. and will work together to provide learning opportunities in aquaculture, hydroponics, business management and nutrition. With their assistance we will work within the communities providing food and jobs. IWS, ? a national leader in the development of water and wastewater has agreed to assist in designing water purification systems in national and international locations which would include taking stream/river water or sewage systems to make safe for growing fish and food products. Many places are unaware of their potential because of inefficient or faulty water systems Waterland Fisheries, the nations 2 nd largest for-profit tilapia farm, located in Hurlock, Maryland, has agreed to provide consulting services and to act as a testing facility as needed. East Coast Vermiculture is assisting in the testing of worms as a food source for the fish. Green Power, LLC has agreed to provide the Baltimore Pilot location with wind and/or solar power, at their cost, to allow testing and evaluation for future installations. Energy Answers Baltimore, LLC has agreed to supply tier 1 renewable energy for the facility ….
I will direct to web site and elaborate on Gifts &…