Grow Your Own Meal, Inc. Overview
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Phone: 303.774.1505
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Target demographics: Ages 8 to 80 for education; Ages 21-65 for farmer entrepreneurs
Direct beneficiaries per year: Not yet determined
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: Help us with grass roots fund raising efforts!
Mission:
The mission of Grow Your Own Meal™ (GYOM™) is to operate an incubator for the development of advanced food production technologies. The incubator is organized to promote appropriate technology transfers of food production techniques that support the sustainable operations of diverse, energy efficient and secure food production facilities.
Results:
To date we have achieved development of a very unique and innovative design of the food production facility incorporating renewable energy sources and energy efficiencies to insure our goal of net zero energy consumption is met. We have raised enought funds to develop our Board of Directors, gain IRS 501C3 approval, purchase our insurance and develop marketing materials for grass roots fundraising efforts.
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Bill Manci
01/11/11
As a technical advisor to GYOM, I am very impressed with the goals and direction of the organization. The goal of education in sustainable local food production is a noble one, and one that we all should learn more about and practice as consumers.
Producing food locally and efficiently is the wave...
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ajayjha1965
01/10/11
I am Founder with Marion Murphy for the “Grow Your Own Meal (GYOM)” and serving as a Board Member to help the mission of the project for sustainable local food production system. The triple bottom line of environmental, social and economic opportunity is in the DNA of GYOM sustainability model...
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Aaron Grant
01/07/11
I have been a Board Member of Grow Your Own Meal for the better part of a year now and am unequivocally impressed by it's mission, environmental focus, and drive to create a sustainable agribusiness to more efficiently meet food production needs and educate the public on better ways of producing ...
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