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*: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PreparedTompkins.org, IthaCan *Elan Shapiro*: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sustainable Tompkins Community Partnership Coordinator *Duncan L Hilchey*: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senior Extension Associate Community and Rural Development Institute at Cornell University *Robert Morache*: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Energy, Transport, Food Visionary *Ryan Hottle*: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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*: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cornell Extension Office *Carole Fisher*: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- Ryan Darrell Hottle, Climate Change Solutions Thinker Performance Systems Contracting, Building Performance Analyst Global Climate Solutions www.GlobalClimateSolutions.org (coming soon!) Ohio Peak Oil Action (OPOA) Co-Founder, Director www.ohiopeakoilaction.org 803 Coddington Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 (740) 258 8450 _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
