Planning / Goals Program Coordinator: Ian Oster PROJECT: The Gardens Program- all gardens The Mountain Roots Gardens Program builds community food security and creates personal and social change through Sustainable Agriculture. We have a growing network of organic gardens that utilize, teach, and promote organic, sustainable growing methods to produce food, create and preserve green space (in residential and commercial areas), improve soils, and provide habitats for birds and pollinators. The gardens provide various opportunities for a diverse group of community members to engage in food production, strengthen life skills, practice land stewardship, build connections within the community, and become more food-secure. All people who work in our gardens develop a personal connection to the food system and have access to fresh, local, organic food. In addition, food from our gardens is distributed to aid in hunger relief through donations to food banks, senior meals, schools, low-income voucher programs, families in and other community channels. need, farmer’s markets, Outcomes Inputs (resources) SMART What resources take to do it? What will you accomplish? Outputs / Method of Issue / Need Include funding, volunteers Include # of participants and Activities Impacts Measurement Why are you measurable outcomes What are you going What difference will it make? How will you doing this? Measurable to do? know? Est. # Outcomes (what is Target # Est. # of of Vol. your goal - how of Funding Volunteers Hours many, how much?) Participants enter goals here these should match the goals on the program outline To expand GAC- Developing a new MRFP Garden area partner garden Program. To prep, reach out to stage, broader audience. To collaborate with other nonprofits. Develop a new production garden in CB Beautify Cottonwood
Planning / Goals Program Coordinator: Ian Oster PROJECT: The Gardens Program- all gardens The Mountain Roots Gardens Program builds community food security and creates personal and social change through Sustainable Agriculture. We have a growing network of organic gardens that utilize, teach, and promote organic, sustainable growing methods to produce food, create and preserve green space (in residential and commercial areas), improve soils, and provide habitats for birds and pollinators. The gardens provide various opportunities for a diverse group of community members to engage in food production, strengthen life skills, practice land stewardship, build connections within the community, and become more food-secure. All people who work in our gardens develop a personal connection to the food system and have access to fresh, local, organic food. In addition, food from our gardens is distributed to aid in hunger relief through donations to food banks, senior meals, schools, low-income voucher programs, families in need, farmer’s markets, and other community channels. Outputs / Activities What are you going to do? Issue / Need Why are you doing this? Inputs (resources) What resources take to do it? Include funding, volunteers Outcomes SMART What will you accomplish? Include # of participants and measurable outcomes Impacts What difference will it make? Method of Measurement How will you know? Funding Est. # of Volunteers Est. # of Vol. Hours Target # of Participants Measurable Outcomes (what is your goal - how many, how much?) enter goals here these should match the goals on the program outline Developing a new partner garden To expand MRFP Garden Program. To reach out to broader audience. To collaborate with other nonprofits. GAC- area prep, stage, Develop a new production garden in CB Beautify Cottonwood