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Grow Food, Grow Hope

Fall 2013

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GROW FOOD GROW HOPEFALL 201

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In 2012, we lost a cherished mem-

ber of the Grow Food, Grow Hope

Family. Fred Krisher, a Wilmington

College alumnus and trustee, had

been with our program since the be-

ginning, sharing his knowledge and

love of gardening with our partici-

pants as a mentor.

Fred not only enjoyed sharing his

knowledge of gardening but also his

love for the land and the personal sat-

isfaction one receives from working

in service to others. He imparted his

passion for gardening and for his community

to those around him. Always eager to contrib-

ute to the community garden, we are incredi-

bly grateful he chose to spend his time with

us.

In memory of Fred, an endowment was

established which will create enduring opera-

tional support for our program.

For information on how you can make a

contribution, please contact Grow Food, Grow

Hope at (937) 382-6661 ext. 321, or by email

at: [email protected]

THE FRED KRISHER

GROW FOOD GROW HOPE

ENDOWMENT FUND

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Dear Friends,

The last few months have not been easy for Grow Food Grow Hope. Closing out the

AmeriCorps VISTA grant and saying good bye to the guaranteed support that it provided has

been scary and difficult. But, this trek is not unlike a friendly hike. With the wonderfulsupport of hundreds of volunteers and the new Wilmington College GreenChip (Student Work

Program) Grow Food Grow Hope has remained strong and is growing at a consistent rate.

I owe a thank you to the many friends who have volunteered their time and donated their

money to Grow Food Grow Hope over the past three months. Each of them has left their

mark and helped Grow Food Grow Hope forge a new path. Equally important are the

organizations who have made it a priority to begin gardening. Those churches and

community groups who have become interested in Grow Food Grow Hope have the power to

impact more lives with our innovative and simple model.

As we travel onward Grow Food Grow Hope is certain to find some rocky terrain or a steep

incline. With the support of our community I am certain the Grow Food Grow Hope will

emerge a stronger, more successful and impactful organization that meets the diverse needs

of the communities in Southwest Ohio.

Sincerely,

Anthony Staubach

Project Manager- Grow Food Grow Hope

LETTER FROM PROJECT MANAGER,

TONY STAUBACH

Grow Food Grow Hope

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CONTENTSFall 2013

The Fred Krisher Endowment Fund 2

Letter from the Project Manager 3Food Hub and Clinton County Foundation 7

Wilmington College Work Program 8

Garden Patch 10

Summer Associates 11

Season Extension 12

Project Manager and Editor: Tony Staubach

Writers: Tony Staubach, Tallia McCormick, Samantha Kraemer and Micaela Wright

Interested in contributing to Grow Food, Grow Hope Publications?

Contact Tallia McCormick at [email protected]

or call at 937-382-6661 ext. 321

Grow Food Grow Hope

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Fall Garden Nights

Every Tuesday Evening from 6:00-7:00

(Through December 10, 2013)

Description: Volunteers may be asked to turn

compost, weed garden beds or even mow the

garden site. Additionally, volunteers are need-

ed to assist gardeners with weeding and to

entertain children.

Where: Friends of Hope Garden across from

Pyle Center at Wilmington College

How can I get more information: Interested

volunteers can ask Samantha Kremer,

Tony Staubach or Tara Lydy for more

information.

Just email [email protected]

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Pumpkin Pie Walk

Thursday, November 5 at 6:30pm-7:30pm

Description Grow Food Grow Hope is holding

a pumpkin pie walk for families and children

interested in supporting the work of Grow

Food Grow Hope. Tickets are $1 each.

Where: Friends of Hope Garden across from

Pyle Center at Wilmington College


volunteers can ask Micaela Wright or

Tony Staubach


Read and SeedSaturday, October 19, 2013 and

November 23, 2013

Description: Read and Seed is looking for vol-

unteers to work with youth during our

monthly program.

Where: The Wilmington College Center for

Service and Civic Engagement


volunteers can ask Alison Pollard,

Tony Staubach or Tara Lydy for more infor-

mation.


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School Lessons

Thursday, October 24 at 10:00am-11:45am

(New Vienna Elementary)

Thursday, October 31 at 2:00pm-3:40pm

(Clinton Massie)

Tuesday, November 5 10:00am-11:45am

(Clinton Massie)

Description GFGH will be going to Clinton-

Massie Elementary and New Vienna Elementary

to set-up stations and a short interactive

presentation. We will need volunteers to help

run the stations and work with children.

Where: Meet at Wilmington College

Transportation will be provided by Wilmington

College for interested Volunteers.

How can I get more information: Interested vol-

unteers can ask Micaela Wright at

[email protected] or

[email protected]

Food Policy CouncilTuesday, October 29, 2013 6:30PM

Description: If you are a local grower or con-

sumer feel free to come to attend the Grow

Food Grow Hope Food Policy Council Meeting.

We will discuss the current food related issues

in Clinton County.

Where: Wilmington College

For more information contact Tony Staubach

at [email protected]

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Grow Food Grow Hope was lucky enough to

receive an $8,000 grant to work with food access

beginning in January of 2014. This grant, specificallyfor this purpose, means a lot to Grow Food Grow

Hope. Working with food access is the first step in

developing a Food Hub would benefit more than

just Grow Food Grow Hope, but locally it could ben-

efit a lot of organizations, growers, and especially

consumers, throughout Clinton County.

A Food Hub is a self-sustaining way to con-

tinue production locally. Therefore the main goal is

to support small town farmers (Wilmington has a

lot of them) as well as our gardens, and the people

that we support who garden in them too. Food

hubs present an opportunity for communities to

make healthy food sourcing a profitable enterprise

for producers, distributors, and retailers simultane-

ously, while improving access to local foods. This

is vital to any community of course, but especially

to Wilmington. Our town has suffered tremendous-ly over the past few years, and whether we like to

think about it or not many families have been

forced to eat less or eat unhealthy food.

Although a food hub sounds identical to a

farmers market it is not. The major difference is

that a Food Hub works with growers directly to ag-

gregate and distribute large quantities of food; they

serve as a single point. So there is a single drop-offas well as a place to pick up the food that is being

distributed to consumers.

A Food Hub would be vital to Grow Food

Grow Hope because it would increase the number

of consumers that we serve throughout Southwest

Ohio.

The grant came from Clinton County Founda-

tion. Their generosity continues to provide a way forGrow Food Grow Hope to serve Clinton Countys

local food economy and stay true to our mission. It

is our goal at Grow Food Grow Hope to keep the

community healthy and well fed, and this will simply

enhance our chances of doing this for the long run.

Overall the grant to GFGH is more meaning-

ful than words could describe. It is amazing that

such a small community can pull together to sup-

port one another. We cannot wait to see where the

food hub will take us in our community!

GFGH:

Food HubTallia McCormick, 2013 Fall Associate

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This year Wilmington College has stared an entirely

new program which has assisted Grow Food Grow

Hope in filling the roles left by our AmeriCorps VISTAmembers. Three incoming freshmen students; Mi-

caela Wright, Samantha Kremer and Tallia McCor-

mick, have been selected to work in the Grow Food

Grow Hope office. By doing this they are not only

helping the office with tasks in need of being done,

but they are also receiving a small portion of their

tuition off, not to mention tremendous volunteer

opportunities.

Each of them is in charge of a specific area and

have already helped with the Farm to Table Din-

ner, and are beginning planning their own events.

My name is Tallia McCormick, and I am in charge

of Public Relations this academic year. I was born

and raised in Clinton County, specifically Wilming-

ton. Although my grandfather, Mike McCormick,

was raised on a farm as a boy and has been a

farmer his whole life, (as well as a preacher, along-side my grandmother Nancy McCormick,) I have

never really been good at the whole farming thing.

So when I found out that I was working in the

GFGH offices I immediately thought of the gardens

and was overwhelmed from the beginning. Gladly,

and to my surprise, however, I was placed in

charge of Community Outreach and my job actual-

ly suits me quite well.

I have found that my area of expertise definitely falls

under event planning and the contacting of other

people, specifically for larger events. I especially likefundraising events, so it turns out this office was

probably the best place I could have ended up.

Being in this program has already taught me a lot

about an office workplace, as well as an outdoors-

workplace, and I am very thankful for that. It has

taught me to be adaptable with wherever I might

end up, I am sure there are people out there that

have a plan that leads them to exactly the place they

had in mind, and these people are probably very or-

ganized people that are very in-tune with them-

selves. I, however, have come to find that I am not

one of these people (those lucky people), so it is

most definitely to my greater benefit that I landed

this position. I will probably use the skills I learn from

it for a very long time, if not for the rest of my life.

Plus the office at GFGH really is an amazing one,

filled with truly amazing people, that are very pas-sionate about everything they do. This place is full of

life and a want to help others in their every day lives,

and it is so inspiring to come into work knowing I will

be surrounded with this kind of attitude. I am so

thankful that I ended up here.

The fall season is upon us and with a new season and

school year, comes many new faces. My name is

Samantha Kremer and I am a freshman at

Wilmington College

Work Program

Tallia McCormick, Samantha Kremer,

Micaela Wright, 2013 Fall Associates

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Wilmington College, involved in our brand new Work

Program. I am from Versailles, Ohio, which is a little less

than an hour and a half northwest of Wilmington in

good ol Darke County. I come from a family farm,

where we raise brood cows, turkeys, and horses. We

also farm approximately 600 acres of wheat, corn, soy-

beans, hay, and sorghum. My family owns the local feedmill and grain elevator in Versailles and it has been in

the family for the past 40 years. I have a passion for ag-

riculture and would love to go back to the family opera-

tions once I am done with my schooling. I am pursuing a

degree in agriculture with a concentration in agricultural

business. Using the skills I have learned at college, I

hope to go back to the family feed mill, join in on the

operations and to one day become an investor. Current-

ly, I am the accounting assistant and I hope to become

the operations manager someday. In 2011, my grandpa

passed away after a long battle with cancer. He truly

was the backbone of the company and his passion and

love for the company really showed me what agriculture

was all about. It is because of my grandpa that I am

pursuing a degree in agriculture with a concentration in

agricultural business.

I am currently serving as the Grow Food Grow HopeGarden Manager Student Associate. My job consists of

managing 40 community gardens at the Friends of Hope

gardens. The Friends of Hope gardens are located on

the Wilmington College campus behind the Pyle Center.

The position as Grow Food Grow Hope Garden Manager

Student Associate is all new to this girl because I was

never really around small gardening. Coming from a

farm, I am used to planting acres and acres of corn, soy-

beans, etc., but, I am not used to planting a 12 foot by 4foot raised bed. I am very new to this type of gardening

so please be patient with me throughout the growing

seasons. Feel free to drop by anytime to see what our

gardeners are growing! Recently, our gardeners planted

their cool season vegetables. These items include: kale,

lettuce, onions, radishes, beets, cauliflower, turnips,

carrots, cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cucumbers,

mustard, and kohlrabi. I am excited to see what the gar-

deners can harvest this fall with their cool season vege

tables. Being new to this, I had no clue that anyone

planted things in the fall besides winter wheat, (for yo

farmers out there)! Hope everyone has a safe fall sea-

son and of course, happy gardening!

My name is Micaela Wright. I am the Youth Outreach

Student Associate for Grow Food Grow Hope at Wil-

mington College. Some of my duties include providing

lessons about gardening to children at K-5 schools in o

area. I help to coordinate other childrens activities as

well. My goal is to help educate children on the basics

gardening. My family has had a garden my whole life

and it has taught me about growing my own food and

how it is important to know where my food comes

from. It is very important to teach children these basic

concepts.

This is my first year at Wilmington College and also my

first year working with Grow Food Grow Hope, and I a

very excited about the youth programs that we have. I

am looking forward to going to schools to teach childre

some gardening basics and about where their food

comes from. I am also very excited for the childrens

garden that we will have in the spring at the Friends of

Hope Community Garden. I look forward to workingwith the kids because it is rewarding to see how much

fun they have learning and participating in activities.

Here at Wilmington College I am pursuing a double ma

jor in Agriculture (with an Animal Science concentratio

and Spanish with a minor in Sustainability and I hope t

get my Masters degree. My current plans are to be-

come an animal nutritionist, but I am also interested in

helping promote sustainable agriculture to help feed

the world. Therefore, I am excited about this job and

the opportunities that it has for me to gain experience

have a passion to help others learn about growing the

own food, teaching children about the food they eat,

and helping to feed people in need so this job is a grea

fit for me.

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Growing Food and Growing Hope is a year round

operation. This year Grow Food Grow Hope has de-

cided to again extend the garden season into the

fall and provide a space for more than 20 gardeners

to grow.

This season 10 students and 13 community garden-ers have decided to dig into the soil and see what

our small 12x4 foot plots can yield in the cool grow-

ing season. Although the yields will likely be small

for our gardeners this year they have remained en-

thusiastic.. For many of our students this is the first

time they have been a part of a community garden

and this is the first time they have gardened in the

fall. Seeing anything come up is a treasure to most

of them.

In addition to gardening at our Friends of Hope Gar-

den, gardeners in Cincinnati at the New St. John

Baptist Church are about to harvest some of their

fall crops. Grow Food Grow Hope has been working

with New St. John Baptist since June to reestablish

their community garden site. With the support of

William Shoecraft, Wilmington College Trustee and

Member of the Church, we have been able to work

with a group of congregants to set up a mainte-

nance schedule and assist them with their fall har-

vest.. The congregation has already harvested some

collard greens and tomatoes. With some good luck

and a lot of hard work the congregation will soon

harvest basil and cabbage.

Throughout the fall and the winter Grow Food

Grow Hope will continue to support all of our gar-

deners, but this spring some agencies, who have

received the assistance of Grow Food Grow Hope

for multiple years, will be asked to take on their

project on their own so that Grow Food Grow Hope

can continue to Spread the Gardens.

Spread the Gardens (#spreadthegardens) is tag line

associated with our new assistance application pro-

cess. Beginning this winter agencies who are inter-

ested in receiving the assistance of Grow Food

Grow Hope will be able to apply for our services.

We will pick three new agencies this spring and will

do our best to serve them in any way possible.

For more information about our Spread the Gar-dens initiative please visit growfoodgrowhope.com

and look for the Get Involved link at the top of the

page. From here you can learn more about how

you can get involved with Grow Food Grow Hope

and how you can Spread the Gardens.

Tony Staubach, Project Manager

Welcome to the Garden Patch;

the Fall Season

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Summer Associate

Experiences: 2013

Tallia McCormick, Fall Associate 2013

The Fall season is back

once again and here at the

GFGH offices we are all excit-

ed to begin a new season. But

we cant forget about our

Summer season so soon! Just

a little over a month ago the

offices here were full of excit-

ed college students that loved

it here so much they wanted

to come help during the Sum-

mer.

If you ever have been in

the offices or have worked

here then you know about the

time cards. You also know that

there is a small space for you

to share what exactly you ac-

complished throughout the

day. So the decision has beenmade to use what the Sum-

mer Associates wrote there,

so we can fill you all in on

what being an Associate here

is all about.

Like many places, there

is so much here that goes on

behind the scenes. Theres

always weeding and cleaning

to be done; Kasey Cottrell.

Plus we even build greenhous-

es; Jake Greer, Kyle Marsh,

and Josh York. But sometimes

we do things for fun in prepa-

ration for events, like organize

scarecrow contests, even

when were sick, Kassandra

Cottrell. Occasionally we go to

Cincinnati and check out the

plots we hope to have there

someday; Josh York, Kristin

Finkbeiner, and Christina Led-

ington.

But if were really lucky,

like Whitney Rymer, we get togo get the compost for the

gardens! Plus every now and

then someone one loves it

here and they just cant stop

coming back. Joe Njeru was

not only a Summer Associate,

but is involved in the Fall sea-

son as well, and has taken on

much more responsibility in

the office.

The Summer Associateswere a tremendous benefit to

GFGH and everything that was

accomplished over the season

is of course a big thanks to

them! It might be a little

house across from a big build-

ing, but the GFGH offices real-

ly do so much.

Anyone that has ever

been involved, whether in a

little way or a large way is al-

ways welcome back. There is

always work to be done and

the Summer Associates knew

it. They did a great job and

they had a wonderful time in

the process. Much thanks to

them, and good luck this aca-

demic year!

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THE SCOOP:By moving hardy plants into your bed as your sum-mer crops start to wither, you can eat fresh vegeta-bles for at least 9 months out of the year, no prob-lem. The key is having a good plan.

A well planned garden with regular suc-cessive plantings will allow you tohave a steady harvest well into No-vember. A poorly planned garden,will leave you with an irregularand sporadic harvest that arenot very satisfying. Youll findyourself sometimes takinghome a lot but most of the

times taking home nothing atall.Having an underproductive gar-den is one of the key points thatkeep gardeners from coming backthe next season. Instead of deciding towork through the fall and continue to developtheir growing skills, they decide to take what theycan get from their tomatoes and call it quits. All wecan say to those people is, You dont know whatyoure missing!

A fall garden can be one of the most productive of

the growing season. Cooler temperatures will allowplants like lettuce, leafy greens, root crops and thebrassicas to thrive. Better yet, fall crops dont need

as much care. They get by on less water, have lessweeds to deal with and, often times, most of the

bugs that give us fits in the summer have diedoff.

We can even add things like wintersquash and pumpkins to our plots as

move out our larger summer cropsas they become unproductive andstart to die out.The secret for a good fall gardenis in the timing. With our smaller

leafy greens and lettuces, we cansimply continue to successionplant like weve been doing all sea-

son. But with our larger plants,(broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brus-

sels sprouts, squash and pumpkins) weare going to need to start them as transplants

in mid to late-July and move them into our beds asthe space begins to open up.The best thing about a fall garden? Impressing allyour family members gathered around the Thanks-giving table with your specialty greens harvested

just that morning!

BEATING THE FROSTMost hardy plants can tolerate temperatures just above freezing without a problem. But, sometimeseven a light early frost can burn your plants. Here are some of simple solutions that any gardener canuse to keep the cold out and help extend their season as long as possible.Hoop HousesHoop Houses, or low tunnels, are made up of plastic sheeting stretched over PVC pipe or a mesh cageand made to arch over your bed. A Hoop House allows you to keep your bed, well insulated, well man-aged and aerated long into the fall growing season without any worry of frost damage.2-liter bottlesMost of the time plants can tolerate cooler air. Its the frost settling on their leaves that causes the mostdamage. The worsts frosts occur when mild day time temperatures plunge in the evenings causing themoisture in the air to freeze. Thats the kind of day when scraping your windshield is the worst. If wethink one of those days might be coming and that some of our smaller plants are in danger, we can cuta plastic 2-liter bottle in half and place it over our plant in the evening. That should preserve the humidi-ty within the bottle and protect it from overnight frost damage.Frost Cloth/Floating Row CoverThere is definitely nothing fancy about a frost cloth. Most frost cloths are cotton bed sheets that are laidovertop larger plants to protect them from overnight frost damage. The cotton collects the moisture inthe air so that it doesnt settle on your plants and freeze. Only use a frost cloth if your plants are matureenough to stand on their own. Even a light sheet will get heavy as it picks up moisture overnight and ifyour plants arent sturdy enough, it might cause them some damage.

SEASON EXTENSION

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Farm to Table Dinner 2014 Announced

Grow Food Grow Hope

Thank You

Farm to Table

Sponsors!

Your generosity at the 2013 Farm to

Table Dinner has helped Grow Food

Grow Hope raise nearly $5,000. This

money will be used to support our cur-

rent initiatives and work to increase

access to fresh food for families re-

gardless of economic opportunity.

Student Sponsors

John Bullar

Tim Buren/ The Buren Insurance Group

Clinton Memorial Hospital

Corey and Tate CockerillMark Denniston

Jim and Ruth Ann Faris

Lee Heironymus

James and Laura Hobart

McDonalds

Eric Kline

Christopher Kraus/ Temple Sholom

Mary Ellen Krisher

Jim Miller/ Buckley, Miller & Wright Attys.

Rebecca Morehouse

National Bank & Trust

Sandy and Tom Neville

Randy SarvisJames H. Schairbaum

Brian Smith/ Smith-Feike-Minton, Inc.

Sam Stratman

Roy Joe and Ruthie Stuckey

Peggy Sturdivant

Clifton Washington

Presenting Sponsors

Sodexo

Premier FeedsBush Auto Place

Table Sponsors

Cape May Retirement Village

EMSAR, Inc.Peelle Law Offices Co.

Mark Your Calendars for September 18, 2014

to attend the Farm to Table Dinner next year!

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Grow Food, Grow Hope

1145 Pyle Center

1870 Quaker Way

Wilmington, OH 45177

[email protected]

Grow Food Grow Hope strives

to increase the access of fresh

food for families, raise aware-

ness of the benefits of local

food production and increase

self sustainability in local food

habits regardless of economic

937-382-661 ext. 321 www.growfoodgrowhope.com [email protected]

Continue supporting Grow Food Grow Hope

With $100, Grow Food Grow Hope can provide a family of four with a garden plot that produces

200 lbs. of produce each year saving $250, and a mentor that can guide each family through thegrowing process.

You can make a donation by calling 937-382-6661

or visit growfoodgrowhope.com and click on Get Involved!

Sites and Agencies 2013

Blanchester School District

Blanchester, Ohio Youth Programming

Clinton Massie School District

Clarksville, Ohio Youth Programming

Clinton County CompeerWilmington, Ohio Programs & Gardening

East Clinton Local Schools

Sabina, Ohio Youth Programming

Friends of Hope

Wilmington, Ohio Community Garden

Girls Scouts

Wilmington, Ohio Youth Programming

New St John Baptist Church-Cincinnati, Ohio Community Garden

Northland Court Apartments


Ohio Farm Bureau

Columbus, Ohio Display at Ohio State Fair

Prairie View Apartments


Quaker ApartmentsWilmington, Ohio Community Garden

Solutions Counseling Center

Wilmington, Ohio Youth Gardening

Sugartree Ministries

Wilmington, Ohio Produce Donation

Temple Sholom-

Cincinnati, Ohio Community Garden

Westboro United Methodist ChurchMidland, Ohio Community Garden

Wilmington City School District

Wilmington, Ohio Youth Programming

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