From #FarmDivas to #KoiDivas – EatMobile2012

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KoiDivas (Vicky, Morgan, Ericka and Shelly) in the KoiFusion Truck

Our Supa Fresh Farm Divas got to do some hands-on marketing and outreach this weekend, thanks to awesome (and delicious!) community partner, KoiFusion. The ladies made it through the day, on vitamin water and Korean BBQ, eventually bringing home the EatMobile 2012 People’s Choice Award! Way to go chicas.

We think KoiFusion’s reubens plus our farmers’ contagious smiles and work ethic make an unstoppable combination.

 

Morgan with her Koi Reuben samples #putKimchionit

these ladies LOVE Korean BBQ!

Morgan + Koi Reubens = crowd control

Owner Bo Kwon having a moment with the People's Choice Award

Global Youth Service Day 2012

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one of the littlest volunteers and her horsetail fern haul.

Global Youth Service Day was once again a huge success thanks to our dedicated volunteers from Comcast, the Youth Farmers that led their own work crews, and our amazing community partners. For the second year in a row Chipotle (on Nyberg Rd and Kruse Rd) provided burritos for all the volunteers! It was hard not to stay motivated with the promise of a delicious chicken burrito after all the hardwork. We were lucky enough to have tons of sunshine, and Al’s Garden Center hooked us up with lots of flowering plugs that our little volunteers put around all the beds (with a little help from Farmer Ericka). The farm looks like its ready for summer! Clean Water Services let us borrow their brand new hedge trimmers, and it made all the difference as volunteers attacked the blackberry hedge.

A Comcast Volunteer beasting it in the Blackberry jungle.

We’re grateful to Chris K. and Dean F., as well as the lovely Lydia from HandsOn Greater Portland for making this volunteer event such a fun and organized day. Without their planning and assistance, it wouldn’t have nearly been as EPIC.

Dean (Happy Birthday DEAN!) and Chris - Our Comcast Leads

and a few more adorable pictures for the road. . .

This little dude - adventurous AND adorable.

 

Entrepreneurship Competition

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“Party Town Planning”, “Glamour on Wheels” and “Baked”

What a fantastic week!

Last week we had our 1st Annual Youth Entrepreneurs Competition which was the final part of a class Mia co-taught at Durham this Fall: Entrepreneurship 101 aka “How to Be a Baller”. The Class was a lot of fun, incorporating hands on learning projects (a Prototype Showdown, Taste Testing Panel, etc) as well as the fundamentals (business plan, finance plan, 5 year projections, etc). All the participants dressed to impress and came with visual aids, samples and great presentations.

 

the judges with our competitors

We were lucky enough to land some super legit judges, Mike Simington from Simington Gardens and Bo Kwon from KoiFusion. Mike and Bo shared the story of how they became business owners and used their vast experience to suggest ways to improve the business plans. Both of the judges gave up a significant amount of their time to help us out, and we’re so grateful. Feel free to support these guys by buying Mike’s salad mix at New Seasons or checking out Bo’s crazy good Korean tacos at Bridgeport Village. We love these guys.

 

Mike Simington, Morgan & Owen, Bo Kwon

Morgan won the competition with her business plan for a coconut flour baked good business, named “Baked”! She brought in delicious samples and had the most viable business plan. We are so proud of her and cannot wait to support her future business endeavours, this kid is going places!

BOGS love

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Ardell wins the prize for cutest boots.

 

 

 

BOGS are fantastic. A few weeks ago we were trying to figure out which work boots to get for our farmers, since we fly through them (4 pairs in one season last year!). I tweeted about the ExtraTuf’s vs. BOGS dilemma, and the folks at Bogs helped make the choice super easy – they supplied our farmers with their boots!

We LOVE our boots. love them. they’re warm, they’re comfortable, there are kiddo sizes for our farmers’ little sprouts (like super cute Ardell up there). So far they’re holding up and we’ve been seriously using them.

Keep an eye out in future posts, you’re sure to see them all over the place.

 

 

Pirate Scarecrow

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Daniel and Cali with their creation.

Boot Strap Bill – our living pirate/scarecrow
The Farmer’s got to work on a super creative project this past week. As you can see above, Boot Strap Bill the Pirate was our entry in the Al’s Garden Center Annual Scarecrow competition. Once Bill has sufficiently frightened all the Al’s customers for the month of October, he will return to the farm where he will be a living work of art. We’re hoping his Magnum P.I. (shout out to the 80′s kids out there) chest continues to fill in as the succulents grow and take over his chicken wire and straw frame.

Bill vs. Hope