[SustainableTompkins] Community Food Preservation Center (RECAP OF INFO)

[Bethany Schroeder]

BTW, Elan should be able to give you contact information for the 
leadership of the Farmer's Market. Members there have thought long about 
the subject of food preservation and have, as I understand it, been 
frustrated in their efforts to develop a project.

Sorry for the additional post.

Bethany

Ryan Hottle wrote:
> Dear Sustainable Tompkins:
> A lot of information has come through in the last few days regarding the
> establishment of a Community Food Preservation Center.  I have assimilated
> the following information that many folks have written about on the list
> serve on the topic.  If anyone is interested in having a small, informal
> meeting within the next couple weeks, let's discuss.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ryan D. Hottle
> 
> *Community Food Preservation Center
> 
> *LEAD CONTACTS:
> (Folks who have expressed interest thus far or who have been recommended)
> 
> *Katie Quinn-Jacobs*: <kqj at quinn-jacobs.org> PreparedTompkins.org, IthaCan
> 
> *Elan Shapiro*: <elansla at ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us> Sustainable Tompkins
> Community Partnership Coordinator
> 
> *Duncan L Hilchey*:  <dlh3 at cornell.edu> Senior Extension Associate Community
> and Rural Development Institute at Cornell University
> 
> *Robert Morache*: <robmorache at gmail.com>  Energy, Transport, Food Visionary
> 
> *Ryan Hottle*: <ry.hottle at gmail.com> Building Energy Analyst, Peak Oil
> Activist
> 
> *Jeff Furman*: <no email available yet> (Recommended resource by Tony Del
> Plato)
> 
> *Bob Rossi*: <no email available yet> (Recommended by
> 
> *Sandra Repp*: <sjr37 at cornell.edu> Cornell Extension Office
> 
> *Carole Fisher*: <crf11 at cornell.edu> Community Educator at CCE-Tompkins
> 
> 
> 
> EXAMPLES:
> 
> Food Processors conference in Poughkeepsie at the Hudson Valley Food Works
> 
> Victory Gardens (http://www.earthlypursuits.com/WarGarV/WarGard15.htm)
> 
> ISSUES:
> 
> * Multiple food processing: canning, dehydrating, fermenting,
> 
>      freezing, etc
> 
>    * Tie-in with job training programs
> 
>    * Living wage
> 
>    * Green building
> 
>    * Green technologies: preserving techniques & equipment
> 
>    * Use seasonal surplus from local farmers
> 
>    * Processors are member-owners, not renters
> 
>    * Contract pre-season with local farmers
> 
>    * Share resources (equipment, advertising) with off-site local
> 
>      preservers
> 
>    * Certification: USDA, NYS DOH, Organic, Kosher
> 
>    * Possible Locations:  East Hill Plaza, Downtown, South Hill, near IFM
> 
> 
> 
> ORGANIZATIONS:
> 
> IthaCan Network
> 
> TCLocal
> 
> Cornell Ag Extension Agency
> 
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 
> PreparedTompkins.org
> 
> 
> 
> NEXT STEPS:
> 
> Set up meeting through Sustainable Tompkins and TCLocal
> 
> Start discussions with experts in field
> 
> Study Example Projects
> 
> 
> 
> RESOURCES:
> 
> http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2007/sb20071214_603976.htm
> 
> http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/7280/1/Resurgence-of-Community-Canneries.html
> 
> http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/
> 
> http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/1977-07-01/Home-Canning-Away-From-Home.aspx
> 
> http://www.earthlypursuits.com/WarGarV/WarGard15.htm
>