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Another Amazing Year of Food, Farming and Community Building
With the fields ready for winter, we are finally able to sit back, take a deep breath, and start crunching numbers to see what really happened in the whirlwind that is our growing season! Despite a cold spring, early frost and a flood in the middle, the Denver Green School Community Farm produced a lot of food that fed a lot of people! Here's an overview of what we accomplished:
SCF GREW 11,000 POUNDS OF FOOD that reached over 1,200 people through programs that included:
- An 80 family CSA, which offered paid, work and sponsored shares.
- A donation-based farm stand, which started accepting and doubling SNAP benefits this year.
- The Denver Green School Cafeteria and student events.
- Donations to food relief programs including Project Worthmore and SAME Cafe.
These amazing numbers were only made possible through the support of 450 volunteers who worked alongside our interns and staff. A total of 5,600 work hours went into the fields this year! We had over 800 students, from pre-K to college, who participated in learning programs at the farm, and almost 500 community members attended workshops and events, deepening skills and knowledge related to food production in our community.
SCF would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all the people who helped make 2013 another successful season! We couldn't do it without your support and commitment to building a healthy local food system!
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SCF is Growing!
We have chosen the location for our second urban community farm! SCF is getting ready for a big year as we expand our food access and eduction programs in 2014. Stay tuned for our exciting partner and farm site announcement in January!
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Eat Local? Bank Local!
Open a new account at Westerra Credit Union and you and SCF will each receive $52.80! Westerra Credit Union is locally owned by its members and is open to anyone in the Denver metro area. Click here for full fundraising details and be sure to mention SCF when you open your account! Thanks Westerra for extending this program to SCF!
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CSA Signup in January
2014 CSA enrollment will open in mid-late January. In addition to our veggie CSA at the Denver Green School, we will be offering a CSA at our new farm, as well as continuing to partner with Ela Family Farm on fruit shares and Happy Farm for egg shares. Full details on how to sign up will be included in the January newsletter.
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2014 Local Food Summit
Mile High Business Alliance will hold the second annual Local Food Summit on March 3rd!
Help connect Colorado's food system to create a healthy, resilient food economy! Sign up today. |
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Want to be a Farmer?
Don't miss the Front Range Beginning Farmers Conference! Sunday, March 9th at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. SCF will be there, along with many other experts, presenting topics that include: land access, farm design, food safety, and farm justice. Register today! |
We Need You!
Be a part of making all of SCF's 2014 plans a reality! Do you have an item on our wish list that you could donate? Are you looking to volunteer or organize a team-building event? Or are you just looking to make one last tax-deductible donation before year end? We appreciate every contribution and thank everyone who has helped us grow along the way! |
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