New Agrarian Center (NAC) helps to build healthy, sustainable & equitable
communities and local food systems through two key programs: City Fresh,
a CSA that improves urban and low-income access to fresh food from local
rural farmers and George Jones Farm, a 70 acre research farm and nature
preserve used to train the next generation of farmers while inspiring an
ethic of earth care.
Executive Director: Nick Swetye
SVP Lead Partner: Jim Vail
First Engagement Year: 2014
Total SVP Impact as of December 31, 2014:
SVP grants awarded
Value of volunteer hours
Other donations because of SVP
Projected operational impact
$ 15,000
$ 6,800
$ 25,050
To Be Determined
SVP grant was leveraged 312% $ 46,850
NAC’s City Fresh program is the second largest Community Supported Agriculture
operation in Northeast Ohio. Its continued growth enables more people to get fresh
produce (picked the same day it’s delivered), reduces the food desert problem facing
many of our residents, and supports local farmers by paying them substantially more
than they receive from commercial middlemen.
- SVP Lead Partner, Jim Vail
Strengthening New Agrarian Center
Projects:
• Program Evaluation
• Fundraising Strategy
• Marketing/Outreach
Results and Accomplishments:
• Organization Capacity Assessment Tool (OCAT) is complete.
• Developed strategy for basic program evaluation for 2014 season through survey collection 10-21 thru 10-23.
Volunteer Partners of SVP
Volunteer Team: Jim Vail (Lead), Roslyn Chao
Advisory Team: Jackie Adams, Bishara Addison, Ann Affolter, Ann Marie Bergman, Jill Bernaciak, Kay Carlson,
Roslyn Chao, Anita Cook, Tom Cook, Nico Cottone, Eva D’Intino, Cindy Fink, Nancy Hancock Griffith, Ann Marie Halal, Jeera Hayden, Stephen Hayden, Joe Kneale, Cil Knutsen, Pat Leimkuehler, Hermione Malone, Laura
Malone, Carrie Miller, Ann Newman, Michael Obi, Ryan Ouellette, Gargi Patel, Carol Paull, Megan Quinn, Beth
Sersig, Jeff Sobieraj, Stacey Stingley, Avi Taheri, Debbie Vail, Diana Woodbridge