southern sawg- grub youth program
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BYDEBBIE CLINE, FARM MANAGER
KRISTA SANDERS, GRUB INTERN
KOZIE BACIO, GRUB INTERN
South Plains Food Bank Grub Youth Program
Growing Recruits for Urban Business
The Beginnings of GRUB……
Food Bank received Farm Land in 1989
Roy Riddle Started growing various vegetables
Grub Past: Began in 2001
Grub continued to Grow!!
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program
Nutritional Model
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
-Finance Class
-Creating A Resume
--Life Skills
-- Fitness
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
-Spring semester
-- Learn field work such as
-Irrigation and
Spraying fertilizer
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Friends & Family Day
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Friends & Family Day
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program
- Harvesting
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program
- Washing Mesclun
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program-
Bagging Black-eye peas
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program-
Weighting totals
New Cooler to hold produce- recieved last year in a grant
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program
Nutritional Model
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program
Nutritional Model
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program
Nutritional Model
Grub Present
Academic Year Program
Summer Work Program
Nutritional Model
GRUB FUTUREGoal is to Hire 30 Kids for Summer program
GRUB: Sharing with the Community
Food
FoodSPFB: 50% of the Farm’s crop goes to Food Bank and Kids Café
Neighbors: CSA’s and Downtown Art Market
MOM at the Downtown Farmer’s Market
Value Added Products
Grub Scrub
Luffa Arbor
Grub Scrub
Part of the Process
Raised Beds
Value Added Product
Pepper Jelly
Volunteerism:
Diabetes Walk
Volunteerism:
Diabetes Walk
Arboretum
Volunteerism:
Diabetes Walk
Arboretum
Volunteerism:
Diabetes Walk
Arboretum
Stuff the Bus
Work with Kids in the Community
Diabetes Walk
Arboretum
Stuff the Bus
Work with Kids in the Community
Raised Beds
Volunteerism:
Diabetes Walk
Arboretum
Stuff the Bus
Work with Kids at the Farm
Raised Beds
Low Income Senior Apartments- Free Veggies
Growing Kids:
Where do we find our kids?
Plant seeds
Where do we find our kids?
What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?
Understand Irrigation
Where do we find our kids?
What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?
Take notes
Where do we find our kids?
What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?
Listen!!!
Where do we find our kids?
What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?
Growing Kids:
Where do we find our kids?
What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?
What can GRUB kids expect from SPFB staff?
GRUB is not all work and no play!!!!
GRUB Play:
Conferences and Field TripsEx: Rooted in Community Conference
Rooted in Community conference
GRUB Play:
Conferences and Field TripsEx: Rooted in Community Conference
Camping Out
Camping out: Roughing it with RV’s
Camping Out: Bug collecting
Hiking
Camping out: Finding Caves
GRUB Play
Conferences and Field TripsEx: Rooted in Community Conference
Camping Out
Swimming
Team Building/Ropes Course
Walk the plank: Involved trusting our team members.
Unique Opportunities
Worked with an onion specialist
Work with Texas A &M on High Tunnel research
Learning to market veggies and value added products
Have special classes on crafts
Gourd painting
Grapevine Wreaths
Grub: Facing Adversity
Circumstances
Grub: Facing Adversity
Circumstances
Flood
Grub: Facing Adversity
Circumstances
Flood
Drought/Heat
Hail
Freezes
Grub: Facing Adversity
Circumstances
Flood
Drought
Hail
Freezes
Insects
Grub: Gives back to farm
Farm tables for organizing CSA produce
Grub Kids working on new tables
Tables hold produce perfectly
Questions?