Dallas Youth Garden...   A youth development project located in Dallas, Oregon. 


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Our Mission
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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 Do
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1. 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.


Date   Vegetables Pounds
 June 22 Radishes 17
 June 29  Radishes 13
 July 6 Zucchini, Summer Squash 34
 July 13 Zucchini, Summer Squash,Cabbage 207
 July 20 Zucchini , Summer Squash, Cabbage  389
 July 27 Zucchini, Summer Squash, Carrots, Beans, Cukes 396
August 3 Zucchini, Summer Squash, Carrots, Beans, Cukes  386
 August 10 Zucchini, Summer Squash, Beans, Cukes, Beets, Cabbage 474
August 18Zucchini, Summer Squash, Winter Squash, Beans, Cukes, Beets, Cabbage512
August 23 Zucchini, Summer Squash, Winter Squash, Beans, Cukes, Beets, Cabbage, Tomatoes365
August 30 Zucchini, Summer Squash, Winter Squash, Beans, Cukes, Cabbage, Tomatoes, Carrots 427
Sept  7 Zucchini, Summer Squash, Winter Squash, Beans, Cukes, Cabbage, Tomatoes, Carrots530
Sept 14  Zucchini, Summer Squash, Tomatoes 525
 Total  4278


      
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           We are a 501(c)3 Nonprofit!

    2020 Interns |2020 Activities | Recipes ! 2019 Interns  | 2019 Activities |  Donate Now   |   Program Summary    |    Facility Plan   |    Calendar   |   Documents  |  2013   |   2014  |  2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Past Interns
Advisors

  Craig Pope (Chair)
  Susan Busler (V. Chair)
  Ann Hunter-Anderson (Treas/Sec)
  Dean Anderson (Coordinator)
  Sally Davies
  Kathy Chiles
  Abby BreMiller
 

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



  		  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 produce
We 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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