What’s
the problem?
Greensboro,
NC has earned top ranks in national standings for rising
poverty(#10), food insecurity (#3) and urban sprawl (#2).
Taken together, they contribute to stubborn, systemic inequality.
More alarmingly, despite the surpluses of veggies and food from
generous farmers and businesses, there is no
way to deliver this abundance quickly and directly to families
and neighborhoods.
Why care?
Why care?
Poverty
directly affects over 116,000. Families members spend a huge
proportion of income on rent and transportation costs, with little
left to buy except cheap, unhealthy food or none at all. As a
responsible steward of the community Guilford College, must play an
active role.
What’s our solution?
What’s our solution?
Guilford
College has the resources to provide a Crop Caravan with a regular
workforce
of scholarship students and volunteers throughout the year, including
the summer.
The
van would regularly
pick up, transport and distribute food
to needy neighborhoods representing over 500 families. Properly
outfitted, it would also be a portable farmstand, cooking, food prep
and mobile
food education and information center.
Who is on our team?
Who is on our team?
Through
the Bonner Center for Community Service and Learning, we have a
dedicated team of Hunger Fellows Scholars that form the team nucleus
of scholars and volunteers. We have a strong network that includes a
supplier (Guilford College Farm) and distribution points (ten
community site locations at which we provide after school and other
services). We have additional suppliers and donors that include the
Greensboro Farmers Curb Market. We have a long
history of relationships with Servant Center, Pathways, CNNC,
Guilford County Schools, and many refugee and immigrant communities.
What do we need?
What do we need?
Through
crowdfunding we've raised enough to launch the van.
• We need to partner with similar efforts like the DHHS food van to maximize our impact.
• We need a dedicated team of problem-solvers.
• We need knowledgeable organizers to arise who will ensure the continuation of the project — hunger and community needs do not end in May.
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Van photos
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Other mobile approaches
Team qualifications
• We need to partner with similar efforts like the DHHS food van to maximize our impact.
• We need a dedicated team of problem-solvers.
• We need knowledgeable organizers to arise who will ensure the continuation of the project — hunger and community needs do not end in May.
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Van photos
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Other mobile approaches
Farmer Brown's Provisions: High-end local food, commercial enterprise
Farmer Brown: example of high-end commercial products
Mobile Oasis: United Way, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, NC
Cooperative Extension, DHHS, GSO Parks and Recreation
Locations: Maple Street (DHHS) and Warnersville
==================== Team qualifications
To gather food, team members should be ready to work with a variety of community organizers.
They should be able to research and build experience working with existing partners, sites and communities. These include: Ashton Woods, Oakwood Forest, Glen Haven, Church Under the Bridge, Community Kitchens Project, Campus Pantry, and Hunger Fellows.
