Food, Jobs & Investment Where We Need it Most

OPEN FORUMTonight’s AgendaWelcome & Introductions 7:10 pmOpening Meditation

Agenda Review 7:18 pm

Presentation 7:20 pm

Questions/Dialogue 7:40 pm

The Way Forward 8:10 pm

Closing Inspiration 8:25 pm

Adjourn 8:30pm

The production, distribution and sale of food is the largest industry in the world.

Suffolk County leads NY State in agricultural production.

In many wealthy regions across the

U.S there are food deserts

Long Island has more than 30….

In a profit-driven agricultural production system, food deserts, hunger, and malnutrition are inevitable.

Long Island HomeGrown is a collaborative

food systems social enterprise conceived to

address the social, nutritional,

economic and community

development needs created by the prevalence of food

deserts in Nassau County and Western Suffolk Long Island, New York.

A revenue-generating enterprise that leverages existing

assets on Long Island (agriculture industry, church food ministries,

nonprofit and for profit partners) coordinated through a highly efficient

organizational infrastructure can increase

access to locally produced food, improve health,

create jobs, revive the economy, and benefit

the environment.

Theory of Change

Long Island HomeGrown was conceived

through a 12-month planning process led

by

Abundant Communities Together

and

Long Island Green.

Abundant Communities Together is a faith-based community

development corporation affiliated with the Congregational

Church of South Hempstead/UCC.

www.actogether.net

ACT’s mission is

to create abundance through the transformation of communities.

Rev. Patrick G. Duggan is ACT’s president.

The mission of LIGreen is to improve the efficiency of Long

Island homes, educate the consumer in “green” issues,

train the business person in “green” technologies, and

bring people together with this common interest.

LI Greenwww.ligreen.com

Chuck Schwartz leads LI Green.

LI Green

LI LaunchPad

Trust Energy

Churches as Sustainable Agriculture Producers

Food enterprise experience

(soup kitchens, farm stands,

gardens)

Land

Commercial Kitchens

Leadership

Constituencies

Volunteers

Paid Staff

LI HomeGrown enables churches to transform food ministries into revenue

generating, job creating social enterprises that advance the Gospel.

LI HomeGrown Revenue Centers

Farms, gardens

Farm Stands

Community Supported

Agriculture Kitchen Incubators

(Commercial Kitchens

Locally grown processed food

The Value Proposition of Our Organizational Infrastructure

•Human Capital: Strong institutions, staff, volunteers,

interns

•Research/University Partner(s):TBD

•Coordinating Distribution: Farm Stands, CSA-pilot

•IT Solution: Grower to consumer

•Post-Production System: Kitchen Incubators

•Education & Training: Schedule, locations

•Branding: Buy local, feed the hungry, create local jobs

By 2015

LI HomeGrown has the potential to

grow to a $1 million

sustainable agriculture

social enterprise that

creates more than 20

living wage jobs.

ACT (CCSH)

Friends & Farmers

Bethel -Setauket/Hobbs

Farm

Long Island Green

Westbury Divine

UNCCRC (FBC)

LI Seed Bank

…You, Your Organization?

LI HomeGrown Program Partners as of February 1, 2012.

The 2012 Growing Season

•ACT/CCSH: Prepare raised beds

•Hobbs Farm: Develop farm plan

•Westbury Divine: Secure NY State use

agreement

•UNCCRC: Increase capacity of farmstand

•LI Seed Bank: Secure tiller, seeds

•(Manor Farm: Prepare land)

•May 23rd Conference, Molloy College

Objective: To prove the viability of our operating model.

•Site Plans ($): CCSH, Hobbs, UNCCRC, Westbury Divine

•Revenue Model: CSA? Cooperative?

•Seed Funding: Cornell, RSF, Walmart, other

•Education: Schedule, locations

•May Conference Planning: Sponsors, volunteers

..by Year’s End

•Organization: Business model, legal structure, operating agreements

•IT Solution: Agreement with Vendor

…The Next Four – Six Weeks

•Is your organization interested in becoming a LI HomeGrown

Site?

•Will you assist with the May Conference? Sponsors, volunteers

•Will you help identify seed funding? Cornell, RSF, Walmart,

other

•Will you volunteer to help with our business model, legal

structure and/or branding?

How YOU Can Help

Food, Jobs & Investment Where We Need it Most