FATT Food at the Table

We are a group of elementary age students in Upstate New York, who after seeing the movie FOOD Inc. are looking into ways of helping the less fortunate in our community have access to good healthy food.
Our group FATT ( Food at the Table) hopes to answer the needs of our community, We have developed a plan to help feed the needy of Victor with fresh healthy produce.

How will this be done?

1. Encourage people to plant vegetable gardens

2. Those that have gardens encourage them to plant more than they need to plant and give the extra to those in need (mainly the Victor Food Cupboard who has already been contacted and they do take fresh produce which is often in short supply and would be greatly appreciated)

3. Students will plant seedlings in the spring and distribute to participating families.

Crops to Grow

We will be growing a limited amount of crops that are easy to grow that can also be very productive for the family. We will supply and have the children research and write up the planting guides for this project. The students will develop garden packs that each family will get to jump start their garden

We are looking to have participation of 50-100 families which in turn could generate food for another 50-100 families.
Last year we had 20 families participate and are looking for a larger participation this year.