| Provide Summer Internships to Dallas High School Students. Interns gain job and leadership skills, learn agricultural practices, and become aware of the nutritional needs of our community. |
What We Do1. We provide summer internships to Dallas High School students.
2. Our interns plan, develop and maintain 25’x50’ market gardens using sustainable gardening
methods.
3. We donate fresh produce to the hungry in our community.
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We are a 501(c)3 Nonprofit!
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Advisors
Craig Pope (Chair)
Susan Busler (V. Chair)
Christine Chute (Treas/Sec)
Dean Anderson (Coordinator)
Sally Davies
Kathy Chiles
Abby BreMiller
Brian Green
Garden Supervisors
Amanda Felton
Amelia Gardner
Jessie Trowbridge
Eileen Shaffer
Partners
Dallas High School
Master Gardeners
Polk County 4H
Polk County Family & Community Outreach
Trinity Lutheran Church
Willamette Valley Food Assistance Program
Other Links
News Paper Article
Facebook
Garden Video 2013
Garden Video 2014
Article in the PCMG Newsletter
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Why?
1. Our teens want jobs and need job training. -- Our young adults need jobs and job training. In a recent Polk County Youth Survey, the number one activity youth wanted was job opportunities. (2011/12 PolK County/Extension Youth Needs Assessment)
2. Our teens need to learn about food production and agriculture. -- ”Nowhere is our disconnectedness more evident than in our systems of food and farming. Most consumers, particularly younger consumers, have no sense of where their food actually comes from. They may know that farmers grow crops and livestock, and that someone processes and packages these crops and delivers food to grocery stores and restaurants, but they have little sense of what’s involved in this process.” (From: Reconnecting Consumers and Farmers in the Food System, John Ikerd)
3. Our community has a problem with hunger. -- About 1 in 8 Oregon households lacked consistent access to adequate amounts of nutritious food in 2009-2011. About 1 In 20 Oregon households experienced hunger during the same time period. (2013 USDA Hunger Report as reported by Oregon Food Bank)
2013 Our First Year:
We built the
market garden space behind the Trinity Lutheran Church.
We provided stipends to six Dallas Area High
School students.
We donated over 800 lbs of fresh produce to the Willamette Valley Food
Assistance Program.
2014
We expanded the market garden space behind Trinity Lutheran Church
We create a small fruit tree orchard in the garden.
We provided stipends to eight Dallas Area High School Students.
We donated over 6000 lbs of fresh produce to the Willamette Valley Food Assistance Program.
2015
We doubled the size of our fruit tree orchard We provided stipend so eight Dallas Area High School Students and one alternate We improved our supervisor/mentor structure We expanded our leadership program Our interns did a great job on leadership and teamwork.
2016
We added three fruit trees
We provided stipend so nine Dallas Area High School Students and one alternate
We improved updated our management structure
We completed a great drainage project to improve garden soil
We donated over 5700 lbs of fresh produce to the Willamette Valley Food Assistance Program.
2017
We hired nine interns and an alternate
We became a 501.3(c) nonprofit corporation
We harvested almost 5000 pounds of produce
We improved the footing in the work area
2018
We hired nine interns and a new senior inter (college age person)We harvested over 3000 pounds of produceWe added on to the work table
2019
We hired ten interns and a new senior inter (college age person)
We harvested over 3000 pounds of produce
We collected funds for NEW heavy grub hoes.
For more information email Dean at: anderson.dean@dallasyouthgarden.org
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