[Communications] Community outreach and engagement project - pots for seedlings

[Amy Olson]

Hi Jonathan!

I’m forwarding your email to our resources team, it’s possible they would be interested in some pots for transplanting seedlings for CCGA plant distributions. If not, we can definitely share this on our Facebook page.

Resources team - please see Jonathan’s email below!

Thanks!
Amy
CCGA communications team



> On May 14, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Jonathan Jackson via Communications <communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings from Edgewater,
> 
> I am participating in the Chicago Conservation Corps on a project to raise consumer awareness regarding waste in our food system. The Edgewater Environmental Coalition recommended I contact your association, and I'm hoping that I can share this project with you and perhaps find more participants. 
> 
> The deliverable of this project is to give farms and nurseries food grade plastic containers (like yogurt containers) for use as seedling pots instead of newly manufactured pots “designed” for plants (see the attached image for an example). We give the pots for free. The impact of each reused plastic pot is:   
> 
> ·     One pot a local grower need not purchase.
> ·     One piece of plastic diverted from immediately entering a landfill.
> ·     An opportunity to show consumers the importance and ease of reuse.
> ·     An opportunity to educate.
> 
> This year, we have provided pots to Chicago Lights Urban Farm for the upcoming summer sale, and we are hoping to find more participants. Do you know any organizations interested in free pots for seedlings?
> 
> Let me know if you have any questions!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
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> Jonathan Jackson
> (225) 288-2772
> circularsolutions.us <http://circularsolutions.us/>
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