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Happy Camp Community Food Conversation

Welcome to the Happy Camp Community Food Conversation!

Community members discuss resources and opportunities, then come together around a single project
Community members discuss resources and opportunities, then come together around a single project.

The conversation began with the meeting held May 29, 2013 at the Happy Camp Family Resource Center. Ten residents came together to talk about food resources, opportunities and challenges, and access in their communities. From there, the group activated around a single project – to create a community garden at the Family Resource Center. The goal of this meeting was to get community members connected and thinking about projects in their towns and even larger areas of the county.

Here you can review the  food resources identified at the meeting, the opportunities and challenges discussed and the work done by the action group at the meeting. If you are interested in joining a community-driven action group, please contact Renee Casterline at GNS and she will put you in touch with group leaders.

Community Food Assets

Food Production:

Skilled home gardeners that grow extra                                Water   Growing Season May – Oct

FRC Community Garden (grant to start up)          Excess food from fire camps

Goats (Laurel)   Fruit trees, cultivated and wild (mostly apples and pears)

Blackberries, Figs, Chestnuts, wild mushrooms  Medford              Cave Junction Farms

Deer      Greenhouse Project (Elem. School and FRC)       Sun-natural dehydration

 

Distribution:

GNS USDA Commodities              Perry’s Grocery Store    Liquor Store

J&J Convenience Store  Orleans Bus Routes (2)  Organic Farm (Orleans)

Volunteer Help                 Farmers Market (irregular Thurs)              Family Resource Center

Homestead level distribution     Schwann’s delivery         Bartering             Donations

Bulk staples from out of town (lasts 1 – 3 months) and Internet ordering

Informal exchange for meat and fish      Schools – Elementary garden (fallow)

Tribal Senior Nutrition (5 x per week – open to all)           Homebound delivery

FRC Monday Soup           School Lunch Programs    Airport               Seed Exchange

Hoopa Tribal Commodities           Siskiyou Distribution       STAGE (Yreka run 3x per week)

Processing:

Hunting  and Field Dress                 Kids wanting to work      Smoke Houses

Tribe commercial kitchens           Elementary school commercial kitchen

Tribe has lots of equipment        Cider Press (Wilson)

 

Consumer Resources:

Tribal Traditional diet instruction               Tribe grant for traditional food ways

USDA Grants – Community Food Shed   FRC Women’s Group

FRC Nutrition education @ schools          Grange – kitchen and small membership

Karuk Housing Dept/Senior Nutrition Center for emergency shelter and storage

River Park electricity       people: Wilson (canning, cider press, raised beds construction)

Laurel (goats) Bonnie and Mercedez (education)

Grant Opportunities (GNS/USDA, Home Depot Veterans

 

 

Happy Camp Opportunities

Opportunities identified by Happy Camp residents.
Opportunities identified by Happy Camp residents.

Grants for Projects

Gleaning fruit trees

More fresh produce year round

More variety at Farmer’s Market

Develop community garden

Nutrition Education

Connections for low-income residents to people, services and projects

Education to cook fresh and from scratch

EBT at Farmer’s Market

FRC location for class instruction

Building raised beds

Kid gardening at FRC location

Partner with High School students

Connect kids to seniors and elders

Engaging for learning – hands on

Modeling healthy food choices

Commodities PLUS Fresh food

Donations to food bank

Phone and social networking used at FRC WORKS!

Community garden space at Karuk Housing

Manure at Laurls’ barn

FRC has frame for greenhouse

Community Garden H2O connection (Gary)

Growing Contests and Events

 

Happy Camp Challenges

Follow through with volunteers and workers

Logistics on Tribal Housing options

Soil needs amending

Connecting those that need food with opportunities to be a part of food related projects

Motivating participants and recipients

Central spot – Family Resource Center?

Leadership and Coordination

Automatic watering benefits and deterrents

What is the Vision (model) for the community garden

 

 

What do you want to do?

Establish Community Garden at Family Resource Center location

 

 

Happy Camp action group:

The Community Garden Project caught the imagination of everyone in the room.
The Community Garden Project caught the imagination of everyone in the room.

In Happy Camp, participants chose to all focus on one activity.

Group 1: Community Garden at the Family Resource Center

Step One: Identify the primary goal and three activities to support the achievement of this goal over the next few months.

Community food space that pulls in all ages in the community at FRC location close access to school for cooking classes.

Creating community engagement between all income levels

FUN! Education, Family oriented, Wholeness, Wholesomeness, Center, Centerpiece, Big, Enclosed (Gate), Sections (like a quilt, piece by piece), Pride, Joy, Laughter, FOOD!

Tables for eating and working, Harvest, Reward, Entry, Art (flags, banners,) Memory garden component

Step Two: Who are your partners?

Brainstorm the potential partners for your activities. Consider Non-profit and public interest organizations, Community-based organizations, Neighborhood associations, Faith-based organizations, Ethnic and cultural associations, Schools, youth groups and parent groups, Colleges and universities, Government agencies, Elected officials and their staff, Businesses, Other

FRC (Karen Derry and Staff), Tribe, Schools, Perry’s, GNS, Liquor Store, Gary (H2O) Wilson, Home gardeners, US Forest Service, Tribal Youth Council, Mr. Rickles, Bonnie, Joe, Cheryl Wainwright, Nena Creasy, Dinah, Arts Council.

Step Three: What is your next most doable step towards your goal?

Host a meeting for those interested, measure space, design and materials, review FRC Master Plan, connect interested people with FRC, fence building, logs and willow (good or bad), Contact The Pomegranate Center (Karen will do 5/31/13) for opportunities

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