apologies in advance. during our recent discussion on calculating pounds and value of harvest per square foot, did anyone also calculate the costs of inputs? I didn't see that, but there were an awful lot of posts and I could have missed while skimming through. or does anyone have a "for every dollar you invest in our garden you/we will harvest $amount or #amount of fresh nutritious food for people in need" slogan you're using?
I sense that we've already covered this, but if somebody could just remind me that would be great. I'm working on a fundraiser to garner hundreds of (very) small donations, and i'm having trouble figuring a hook. whatever I'm going to tell them I'm going to do with the money it can't be over $2 per unit. so I could say that I can plant one 30' row or something (my WIC garden only has 88 of 30' rows and 52 of 50' rows so after the 140th pledge I'm screwed), but somehow I have to show a direct link back to the donation. direct costs would be better, forget membership fees, transportation, all that - just muddies the water. could you say that one dollar invested might yield one lovely salad for a family of ?X? maybe? it's the accountability part that's killing me. hyperbole is so much easier to sell! thanks, -fgc Fred Conrad Community Garden Coordinator Atlanta Community Food Bank 732 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. N.W, Atlanta GA 30318 Ph: 678.553.5932 Fax: 678.553.5933 fred.con...@acfb.org <mailto:fred.con...@acfb.org> www.ACFB.org <http://www.acfb.org/> Our Mission is to fight hunger by engaging, educating and empowering our community. Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message is legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copy of this e-mail message and attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please delete it in its entirety. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20101216/e0fd14ad/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
