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Renewed Gleaning: A Fulton Street Farmers Market Program
ENS 401 Environmental Problem Solving: Professor Scott-Tunstall
Eryn Hyma, Alyssa Schnell, Celeste Anderson, and Samantha Rypstra
Photo by Heartside Gleaning Initiative
Heartside Gleaning is a non-profit organization created in 2013 to address food insecurity and improve access to healthy fresh food for low-income families and people experiencing houselessness in the downtown Grand Rapids area.
Currently, the stakeholders of the Heartside Gleaning Initiative are predominantly located in the Heartside neighborhood near the heart of downtown. Since its formation in 2013, the Heartside Gleaning initiative has since expanded its services to additional neighborhoods facing similar challenges.
Seeing a need to expand their relationship with the greater community, the Heartside Gleaning Initiative and the Fulton Street Farmers Market formed an alliance. Since 1922, the non-profit organization Fulton Street Farmers Market has strived to connect hundred of farmers, food creators, and artists, and "aims to be a catalyst for an equitable and resilient food system in West Michigan" that connects people to health and their environment (Fulton Street Farmers Market).
Photo by Fulton Street Farmers Market
Photo by RingCentral
As the community relations group, we used a people-centered design thinking process to map out ideas to improve community engagement, grow the gleaning initiative, and expand its benefits. The goals of our group are to provide incentives for vendors and volunteers, assess ways to include the community, and hear their desires and ideas about the gleaning initiative.
Photo by Culturedgr
Community Engagement
Community Engagement
Community garden installation
Cooking class
Community dinner
Hands-on harvest
Add more drop-off locations
Gather feedback to expand community events
Photo by Billing, K
Incentives for Vendors & Volunteers
Incentives for Vendors & Volunteers
Provide snacks & beverages during operations
Host an icebreaker event to introduce renewed gleaning initiative
Yearly awards & formal recognition
Provide coins, coupons, or discounts for the market
Tax credit options for donated gleaning food (specific to vendors)
References
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Culturedgr. (2017, August 24). National artist to turn performance art into community celebration with "Heartside community meal". mlive. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/2017/08/national_artist_to_turn_perfor.html
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RingCentral. (2021, June 24). Building Better Customer Relationships: A comprehensive guide. RingCentral. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://www.ringcentral.com/us/en/blog/customer-relations/
R. W. (2022, April 4). Fulton Street Farmers Market to operate Gleaning Program. Grand Rapids Business Journal. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://grbj.com/news/nonprofits/fulton-street-farmers-market-to-operate-gleaning-program/
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