BYDEBBIE CLINE, FARM MANAGER

KRISTA SANDERS, GRUB INTERN

KOZIE BACIO, GRUB INTERN

South Plains Food Bank Grub Youth Program

Growing Recruits for Urban Business

The Beginnings of GRUB……

Food Bank received Farm Land in 1989

Roy Riddle Started growing various vegetables

Grub Past: Began in 2001

Grub continued to Grow!!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program

Nutritional Model

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

-Finance Class

-Creating A Resume

--Life Skills

-- Fitness

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

-Spring semester

-- Learn field work such as

-Irrigation and

Spraying fertilizer

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Friends & Family Day

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Friends & Family Day

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program

- Harvesting

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program

- Washing Mesclun

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program-

Bagging Black-eye peas

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program-

Weighting totals

New Cooler to hold produce- recieved last year in a grant

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program

Nutritional Model

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program

Nutritional Model

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program

Nutritional Model

Grub Present

Academic Year Program

Summer Work Program

Nutritional Model

GRUB FUTUREGoal is to Hire 30 Kids for Summer program

GRUB: Sharing with the Community

Food

FoodSPFB: 50% of the Farm’s crop goes to Food Bank and Kids Café

Neighbors: CSA’s and Downtown Art Market

MOM at the Downtown Farmer’s Market

Value Added Products

Grub Scrub

Luffa Arbor

Grub Scrub

Part of the Process

Raised Beds

Value Added Product

Pepper Jelly

Volunteerism:

Diabetes Walk

Volunteerism:

Diabetes Walk

Arboretum

Volunteerism:

Diabetes Walk

Arboretum

Volunteerism:

Diabetes Walk

Arboretum

Stuff the Bus

Work with Kids in the Community

Diabetes Walk

Arboretum

Stuff the Bus

Work with Kids in the Community

Raised Beds

Volunteerism:

Diabetes Walk

Arboretum

Stuff the Bus

Work with Kids at the Farm

Raised Beds

Low Income Senior Apartments- Free Veggies

Growing Kids:

Where do we find our kids?

Plant seeds

Where do we find our kids?

What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?

Understand Irrigation

Where do we find our kids?

What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?

Take notes

Where do we find our kids?

What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?

Listen!!!

Where do we find our kids?

What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?

Growing Kids:

Where do we find our kids?

What are our expectations of GRUB Kids?

What can GRUB kids expect from SPFB staff?

GRUB is not all work and no play!!!!

GRUB Play:

Conferences and Field TripsEx: Rooted in Community Conference

Rooted in Community conference

GRUB Play:

Conferences and Field TripsEx: Rooted in Community Conference

Camping Out

Camping out: Roughing it with RV’s

Camping Out: Bug collecting

Hiking

Camping out: Finding Caves

GRUB Play

Conferences and Field TripsEx: Rooted in Community Conference

Camping Out

Swimming

Team Building/Ropes Course

Walk the plank: Involved trusting our team members.

Unique Opportunities

Worked with an onion specialist

Work with Texas A &M on High Tunnel research

Learning to market veggies and value added products

Have special classes on crafts

Gourd painting

Grapevine Wreaths

Grub: Facing Adversity

Circumstances

Grub: Facing Adversity

Circumstances

Flood

Grub: Facing Adversity

Circumstances

Flood

Drought/Heat

Hail

Freezes

Grub: Facing Adversity

Circumstances

Flood

Drought

Hail

Freezes

Insects

Grub: Gives back to farm

Farm tables for organizing CSA produce

Grub Kids working on new tables

Tables hold produce perfectly

Questions?