Submission #5

Submission Information

Form: Application for Omer Learning Initiative 2007

Submitted by Anonymous

Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 1:49pm

216.174.242.61

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First Name: *

Last Name: *

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Contact phone number with area code.

Congregation Name:

Teaching team members:

Who will be creating the teaching?

Which texts: *

Which texts will you use? Choose from JRF Source Text Study Packet (see file attached below) or other texts of your own choosing.

Projects:

The focus of our teaching would be to highlight the important aspect of sustainability of supporting local growers and species. This is currently taking two forms at TBH:
1)As we are in the midst of a building project which also includes landscaping, we contracted with the Native Plant Salvage Project to design our landscaping. This local organization uses only native plants in landscape design, and salvages plants from other locations. They also design water-wise gardens which maximize the collection of rainwater and minimize the need for watering.
2)In partnership with a local farm, TBH is organizing a CSA. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is when a person buys a share of a local farm's produce during the growing season. A share consists of a box of vegetables delivered weekly to the synagogue for the shareholders to pick up. Through this program TBH members support locally grown, organic agriculture. The other benefit is that the farm we have contracted with--Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB)--also runs programs for at-risk youth at its farm, and builds community gardens and gardens for low-income people. TBH also buys a share to donate to the local food bank as a form of peah (the corner of the field).

Tell us about the project(s) your community has undertaken or is undertaking that relate(s) to the texts from which you will teach.

Form of teaching:

The teaching will take on the form of text analysis. The close texts which can be related to buy local have to do with the purchase and sale of property--specifically that in any land sale the neighbor has the right of first refusal. This recognizes that it is easier and better for a person to keep their fields continguous. We will look at how these texts can promote a "buy local" mentality, as well as provide an opportunity for participants to think about how they can focus on local agriculture.

Any ideas yet regarding the form your teaching will take (e.g. poem, essay, text analysis, illustration, a play etc.) and content.

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Submission #5