Summer Youth Program Manual Volume 2: Set-Up Meg Coward Lincoln and Roxbury, Massachusetts Copyright © 2004 by The Food Project, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher, The Food Project, Inc., except where permitted by law. (mailing address) The Food Project, Inc. P.O. Box 705 Lincoln, MA 01773 781-259-8621 (urban office) The Food Project, Inc. 555 Dudley Street Dorchester, MA 02124 617-442-1322 www.thefoodproject.org e-mail:
[email protected] First Edition, 2004 Designer: Pertula George Editor: Helen Willett Photographs: Greig Cranna, John Walker, Ellen Bullock and Food Project Staff Cover Photograph: Veronique Latimer Cover Design: J.A. James Our Vision: Creating personal and social change through sustainable agriculture. Our Mission: The Food Project’s mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system.Our community produces healthy food for residents of the city and suburbs, provides youth leadership opportunities, and inspires and supports others to create change in their own communities. Foreword The Food Project started in 1991 in Lincoln, Massachusetts, on two acres of farmland. It was a small, noisy, and energetic community of young people from very different races and backgrounds, working side by side with adults growing and distributing food to the hungry. In the process of growing food together, we created a community that bridges the city and suburb, is respectful and productive, and models hope and purpose.