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Created: Feb 20, 2008
Updated: Nov 19, 2009
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Maren Poitras
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| My Groups: | California Food System Network (CFSN) |
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Plant Ecology
(914 people) | Ethnobotany
(1031 people) | Indigenous Rights
(1677 people) | Environmental Justice
(1977 people) | Green Schools
(2365 people) | Sustainable Livelihoods
(2708 people) | Local Food Systems
(2854 people) | Youth Capacity Building
(1447 people) | Youth Participation
(1570 people) | Youth Leadership
(2021 people) | Sustainability Education
(4201 people) | Youth-led Organizations
(1275 people) | Youth Education and Empowerment
(3870 people) | Gardening
(3088 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(4008 people) | Sustainable Living
(3469 people) | Agroecology
(1166 people) | Transnational Corporations
(939 people)
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Dear Maren,
I have one working solution for getting young people into sustainable food systems.
I am with a group call Ceres Community Project. We began 18 months ago teaching High Schoolers how to cook organic, locally grown meals for critically ill community members. You can check our website out at www.cereproject.org.
The project works. We have over 100 teens working a cooking shift an afternoon a week and we prepare foods that has been harvested from local farms, farmer markets or participating markets. After the food is packaged our volunteer drivers from the Rotary Clubthe community , and a local Church delivers the food to the clients in need.
tFor me his is the ultimate in a community supporting its families and folks in need while giving youth a foundation in nutrition and sustainable practices.
To date the High School teens have prepare over 20,000 meals. Our community is better for it. The farmers are happy to see the food being used. The stores love having the "older" produce put to work. The volunteer adult base is thrilled to be of help. And we even have cooking classes for the clients and adults which start off in a permaculture garden with a bit of harvesting, so that we learn to reconnect with the source of our health, the earth.
Check us out!
JoEllen