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California State University, Sacramento. Feeding Knowledge, Filling Bellies: A Community’s Pop Up Pantry. It all started with a need. The ASI Food Pantry helps to alleviate hunger within our student community The Pop Up Pantry provides fresh produce at no cost to Sac State students in need.
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California State University, Sacramento Feeding Knowledge, Filling Bellies: A Community’s Pop Up Pantry
It all started with a need • The ASI Food Pantry helps to alleviate hunger within our student community • The Pop Up Pantry provides fresh produce at no cost to Sac State students in need
A collective effort • Bio-Conversion & Agricultural Collaborative (BAC) Yard • Fruit Route • Harvest Sacramento • Citrus grove • Farm to Fork Festival/Dinner on the Bridge • Capital Public Radio garden partnership
The BAC Yard • Home of the ASI Garden; collaborative efforts of students, faculty, and staff • Educational opportunities include seed propagation, pollinators and pollinator garden, organic growing techniques and natural pest control
Fruit Route • Student Project—Amanda Baker • Grounds Department Contributed • Helped us qualify for Tree Campus USA • Paved the way • for more fruit • trees on campus
Citrus Grove • Free to all • Prominently located—easy and accessible • Partially maintained by students • Trees are free through local partnership—compost/tree barter
Harvest Sacramento • Joint venture between Community Engagement Center and Soil Born Farms • TONS of fruit picked and collected • Food harvested from local neighborhoods and donated to Pop-Up Pantry and other local pantries • Participants had their trees and bushes dressed with Sac State made compost!
Cap Radio Garden at Sacramento State • Only NPR affiliate in the nation with a garden • Designed and built to combat food scarcity • Partially maintained by and open to Sac State students • Generously donate food to Sac State and other schools
Farm to Fork Festival • Annual event on campus to raise awareness of food related issues • Proceeds from dinner go to the ASI Pop-Up Pantry • Festival themes include scarcity issues, migrant workers, and sustainability • Students are invited to share their stories with the public
Budgets • The majority of these programs exist through generous donations of time and funds • The ASI Garden at the BAC Yard has an approximate cost of $5,000 including the hoop house and cost of building and gardening supplies
Outreach! • Pop-Up Pantry: 500 students each pop-up or 4,500 donations average a semester • BAC Yard: 26 tours in last 12 months or approximately 780 visitors a year • Harvest Sacramento: 75-100 students and 25 campus neighborhoods • Farm to Fork: 3,000-6,000 pass through Library Quad festival and 125 ticket holders and 50 staff and students enjoy dinner on the bridge
Contact www.csus.edu/sustainability Joey Martinez, Sustainability Analyst jmartinez@csus.edu SustainabilityatSacState Kristina Cullen, Sustainability Analyst kristina.cullen@csus.edu