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About ced92615

I am a senior in high schoolabotu to graduate. I am doing an Senior Independent Project

Bridging the Gap of Local Produce and Low-Income

I had one of the busiest weeks of my fellowship this past week. We are gearing up for the Weeding Out Hunger workshop on food insecurity taking place this Wednesday and the amount of detail and reflection needed to make … Continue reading

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The Interview of Interviews

So far, one of the high lights of my time at the Foodbank is my interview with Matt Habash, the CEO of the Foodbank. The title of CEO can be elusive and give the impression of removal from the trenches, … Continue reading

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Cognitive Bandwidth

The shed broke. All of that time spent putting up a shed last week to have a weekend of rain and the structure is toast! Granted we didn’t have the roof on because it required more expertise and time but … Continue reading

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Pictures of the Week

Just to give a little update on what I have been up to. I am receiving RSVP’s to my Food Insecurity and Community Gardens Workshop that I will also, now that I remember, send to the Summer Fellows list serve. … Continue reading

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Speeding Up

My work at the Foodbank is really kicking into high gear and I am loving the quick pace. I just sent out the invitations to the workshop on food insecurity I am putting on at the end of my term … Continue reading

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Garden Metaphor

The longer I spend at the food bank, the more difficult it is to tell someone what I do here. People look for a title or a sentence that touches on your tasks daily but I don’t have that. I … Continue reading

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Weeding out Hunger

I had my first little accomplishment last week! I was able to set up a meeting with one of our potential partners for the plot against hunger, Momentive. Today I am on-boarding them into the program and orienting them to … Continue reading

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The Need Conundrum

We completed the pea teepees and did great work on our herb garden. Currently corn, cucumbers, and squash are germinating and we have successfully on-boarded AmSpirit as a partner in the garden as well! The concept of food-banking may seem … Continue reading

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The Garden at MOF

One of my responsibilities at the Mid Ohio Food Bank is running the volunteer hours at the Community Garden here on-site. Last week we harvested 18 pounds of lettuce and 3 pounds of radishes that went directly into the Kroger … Continue reading

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