Weekly Report

Contents in This Report

1. Last Week
2. Coming Up
3. Volunteer Opportunities.
4. Adopt a Tomato
5. What do volunteers do at the Farmer's Markets?
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1. Last Week: Donations and Networking – Thank You Vendors and Other Donors
Tuesday Festival Foods Farmer's Market - not open (starts July 14).
Wednesday, Downtown Farmer's Market – not open
Saturday City Hall Farmer's Market - Mike Audit, Sherry Lynch & Ken Friedman helped around 40 families adopt tomatoes, peppers and onions and collected 178 pounds of produce. Total to date: 431 pounds.
Saturday Lorraine Yarbough checked the Sawyer Street Market. The vendors had already given downton.
Sunday, Sawyer Street Market – Lorraine Yarborough collected produce on Sunday
WEEK BY WEEK

Week Donated Food (in Pounds)
8-Jun 95
15-Jun 155
22-Jun 158
29-Jun 268

Grand Total 676

Adopt A Tomato: 390 Adoptions


* Including a chicken from a CSA and about 18 loaves of Great Harvest Bread.
**Adoptions and Volunteer are estimates for first four weeks

2. Coming Up: This Week And Next:
Tuesday: Christine Anne garden program

Wednesday: Salvation Army will collect donated produce from downtown.
Christine Anne garden program

Saturday: Oshkosh Southwest & Friday Rotary will staff the Oshkosh Farmer's Market.
There will be more veggies available for adoption at the farmer's market.
Lorraine Yarborough will check the Sawyer St. Farmer’s Market

Sunday: Curt Reese will collect donated produce from the Sawyer St. Farmer’s market
(open Sunday and Saturday)
Christine Anne garden program

3. Volunteer Opportunities:

Tuesday: Festival Food Farmer's Market volunteers: Two shifts: 8 to 10:30 and 10:15 to 1 PM Tuesdays: July 14 to October 15.
Saturday: Oshkosh Farmer's Market at City Hall volunteers: Two Shifts 8 to 10:30 and 10:15 to 1 PM Tuesdays July 14 to October 15.
Saturday: Oshkosh Area Food Pantry needs volunteers on Saturday morning.
Saturday: Sawyer Street Farmer's Market:
Any day: Potters needed to start pots of orphan vegetables and herbs for farmer's markets. 50 to 100 starts needed each week.
Food Pantries and Meal programs: current list of locations and hours is attached.

Schiek's Kolpein Street Farm: Starting in mid-July Rotary and the Oshkosh Community Pantry will collect from produce farmers on Wednesdays and Saturdays.


4. Adopt A Tomato

Your Tomatoes planted a week or more ago should be taking off. Some May Have Small Tomatoes. May Have Flowers That Will Be Tomatoes in a Few Weeks.

It May Be Time to Think About Giving Them a Stake or a Tomato Hoop to lean on.

Remember to Feed and Water your Adopted Plants Once a Week. We will have Coffee Grounds for Your Tomatoes on July 11.

Shared Harvest will be promoting produce adoptions of some kind each week.
What's next? We can't say for sure, but keep tuned. We are watching our hot peppers, onions, tomatoes and herbs.


5. What do Volunteers Do at Farmer's Markets?

Specific Instructions for each market will be at the booth and/or emailed to volunteers. Volunteers introduce themselves to all of the vendors at the farmer's market and hand out our brochure and plastic bags (while they last). Volunteers collect produce from individual and from vendors at the end of the market. Volunteers give introduce themselves to vendors, shake their hand and say "Thank you." After the market. take the donations to the Oshkosh Area Community Pantry on Jackson Street who will coordinate donations to all pantries in the area. Volunteers must also dismantle the booth and return the tent, sign, etc. to the food pantry or to Ken Friedman's office at 141 N. Sawyer St.


Thank you everybody. Remember to volunteer to help at the downtown market and (later this summer) at Festival Foods. And call me if you have questions.