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

[Jonathan Jackson]

Hi Amy,

Thank you! We currently have 57 32oz containers available, with drainage
drilled for watering. We are also taking orders for next season.

Best,

Jonathan

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 2:13 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:

> 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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> (225) 288-2772
> circularsolutions.us
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Jonathan
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