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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
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
How can I get more information: Interested
volunteers can ask Micaela Wright or
Tony Staubach
Just email [email protected]
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
How can I get more information: Interested
volunteers can ask Alison Pollard,
Tony Staubach or Tara Lydy for more infor-
mation.
Just email [email protected]
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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
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
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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
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
Wilmington, Ohio Community Garden
Ohio Farm Bureau
Columbus, Ohio Display at Ohio State Fair
Prairie View Apartments
Wilmington, Ohio Community Garden
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