Building Healthier Communities National model - Building a Healthier Chicago Agribusiness Report...
9
Building Healthier Communities http://www.healthierchicago.org National model - Building a Healthier Chicago Agribusiness Report All Stakeholders meeting October 14, 2010 www.BHCUSA.org
-
Upload
noreen-bell -
Category
Documents
-
view
215 -
download
0
Transcript of Building Healthier Communities National model - Building a Healthier Chicago Agribusiness Report...
Building Healthier Communities
http://www.healthierchicago.org
National model - Building a Healthier Chicago
Agribusiness Report
All Stakeholders meeting
October 14, 2010
www.BHCUSA.org
Agribusiness Strategy
Develop and maintain a system of produce markets to make healthy eating
affordable and easy to access
National model - Building a Healthier Chicago
Agribusiness Timeline Pilot 1111 S. Homan
June 2010
Funded $110,000 JP Morgan Chase and United Way
Alderman Emma Mitts and Covenant Bank V.P. Bill Williams July 2010
Set up BHCUSA accounts with produce growers/distributors
Tested logistics for produce delivery to markets August 2010 to October 2010
Grew customers from 85 to over 300 August to October
Grew from one BHC produce stand to BHC + 3 local farmers
Grew to 2 employees - Now both are market trainers
Field tested market manual November 2010
Partnered with Austin Food Desert Action CoalitionNational model - Building a Healthier Chicago
Agribusiness Results
$Markets provided affordable access to
fresh produce for over 300 people per week
National model - Building a Healthier Chicago
Agribusiness Results
$“Dollar Menu” pricing a success!
National model - Building a Healthier Chicago
Agribusiness Results
$One market generated enough revenue
to hire and pay 2 employees
National model - Building a Healthier Chicago
Agribusiness Results
$Markets accept WIC
Seniors Farmers Market Coupons
National model - Building a Healthier Chicago
Agribusiness Next Steps Timeline Deploy markets and Earthboxes
October – November 2010
Launch Markets of Faith with 100 Black Men and ECG
Metrics Partnerhip with Chicago Botanical Garden December 2010
Finalize delivery arrangements for 300 Earthboxes to 18 schools
Finalize delivery of an additional 300 Earthboxes
to 38 community locations
Begin training for markets
Complete SNAP/LINK paperwork for all markets January 2011
Set up and test metrics and measurement system February 2011
Seedlings planted for transplant into Earthboxes Spring 2011 Produce markets bloomNational model - Building a Healthier Chicago
Building Healthier Communities
National model - Building a Healthier Chicago
John Knoebel
312-685-5353
