Backyard Harvest Growing a sustainable (

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Backyard HarvestGrowing a sustainable (
delicious)local food system one yard at a time!

• A program of

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Energy Efficiency of Local Foods
400 calories of energy per head
2,750 calories of energy per head
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What isBackyard Harvest?
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What is Backyard Harvest?

• Our Mission
• To strengthen the Twin Cities local foods
  infrastructure one yard at a time by turning
  lawns into nourishing healthy landscapes.  We
  connect eaters directly to their food, neighbors
  to one another, urban farmers to professional
  opportunities

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Customer Process
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Designs
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Designs
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Designs
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Sample Boxes

• Week 13 to 16 (Sept 1-Oct1)
• Carrots
• Radishes
• Herbs
• Lettuce Mix
• Tomatoes
• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Kale
• Chard
• Shallots
• Leeks
• Basil
• Parsley
• Spinach
• Green Beans  

• Week 1 to 6
• (June 1-July 15)
• Carrots
• Radishes
• Lettuce Mix
• Beets
• Basil
• Parsley
• Broccoli
• Green Beans
• Chard
• Kale
• Peas
• Scallions
• Spinach
• Pansies
• Nasturtiums 

• Week 7 to 12
• (July 15-August 31)
• Peppers
• Herbs
• Basil
• Parsley
• Lettuce Mix
• Squash
• Sage
• Tomatoes
• Onions
• Potatoes
• Nasturtium
• Cucumbers 

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Farmer Process
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What isBackyard Harvest?
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Benefits of Backyard Harvest

• Fresh veggies in homeowner's own yard
• Beautiful garden with vegetables, herbs flowers
  
• No (or little) work for homeowner decreased
  yard maintenance
• Garden education for homeowners, farmers
  communities
• Opportunities to build community through
  something everyone shares in common
• Opportunities to share excess with those who need
  food
• Soil building
• Increased birds, butterflies, beneficial
  insects on property
• Entrepreneurial stepping stone for urban farmers
  including sustainable agriculture training

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What Could This Mean for the Twin Cities?

• Increased food security for families
  communities
• Increased consumption of local foods
• More trained urban farmers
• Strengthening of local resources local foods
  infrastructure

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Moving Forward

• Partnering with neighborhood groups
• Hiring farmers in February
• Become a customer!
• Help us raise funds!
• Sign up to volunteer
• Write a check
• Donate tools
• Come to our fundraiser, February 9th at Merlins
  Rest
• Volunteer or intern with us
• Advisory Committee

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Backyard Harvest

• Backyard Harvest is a community building program
  in urban Permaculture. The program provides both
  garden fresh food garden education for
  homeowners, neighborhoods, as well as
  entrepreneurial small scale food production
  training for our farmers. Our farmers contract
  with homeowners communities to create gardens
  in their backyards, maintain the gardens
  harvest a fresh basket of produce weekly for each
  family.
• Our mission is to strengthen the Twin Cities
  local foods infrastructure one yard at a time by
  turning lawns into nourishing healthy
  landscapes.  We connect eaters directly to their
  food, neighbors to one another, urban farmers
  to professional opportunities.

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