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 We seek to make
local produce available to the community by coordinating pre-ordered
sales and deliveries. Using a collective CSA model, Sierra
Bounty
pools produce from multiple local farms to organize
the
ordering, purchasing and delivery of produce between participating
growers and produce box shareholders, restaurants and grocers.
As a non-profit intermediary, our role is to ensure that
growers are able to receive a fair price for their goods and that
buyers are not overcharged in their efforts to support local
agriculture.
Sierra
Bounty
strives to be a leader in the local food movement and in green business
practices. We are an organization that benefits and
strengthens the entire community, where customers, employees and the
local and global environment are deeply valued and treated with
respect. Sierra
Bounty Produce Collective is the first
organization of its kind in the area, offering innovative and
customized solutions to building a thriving local foods economy in the
Eastern Sierra.
 In the Summer
of
2010, Sierra
Bounty
created a consistent market for local farmers by coordinating the sale
of 50 Produce Box Shares to the general public as well as sales to
commercial businesses.
In 2011 Sierra
Bounty has expanded produce box sales to 75 families in
the community and
continues to
identify long-term ambitions for each farmer and rancher, then source
and attain grant funding in order to help them reach these goals.
Future
projects...
- Continue
to introduce local produce to commercial buyers such as restaurants and
grocers.
- Continue to coordinate advance sales of local
produce
through our Produce Boxes / Shareholders
- Establish an official Slow Food USA chapter in
the
Eastern Sierra offering educational events and activities to promote
sustainability and biodiversity in agriculture.
- Obtain grant funding from a variety of sources
to
initiate farmer growth and sustainability assistance programs and to
fund the exploration of different methods to expand the local growing
season.
- Develop a community garden for Inyo County and
offer
sponsorship to existing community garden in Mono County, including the
implementation and enhancement of education outreach programs.
- Extend access to Produce Box shares to include
low-income
families and those residing in the various small communities outside of
Mammoth Lakes, CA.
- Seek approval for the production, processing
and sale
of local dairy products by the USDA.
- Introduce local produce into the Mono and Inyo
County
School Districts by launching a Farm-to-School program for K-12s.
- Acquire and operate a mobile slaughterhouse
unit for
the benefit of cattle ranchers in the Eastern Sierra.
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