I’m reaching out at this time to ask for assist. Now we have needed to vacate our cooler house and wish an answer ASAP in order that we are able to function our market and CSAs this season beginning Might fifteenth, 2024. And not using a cooler, we could must cancel and refund our commitments.
Since our choices on our rising websites are restricted, we’re reaching out to our group to see if there are another alternatives.
We want a cooler to assist hold our weekly harvest by our farm crew & youth recent for the group. And not using a cooler, we restrict the quantity and high quality that we are able to harvest and course of in a shorter period of time, in addition to put our farmers and youth in danger by limiting when issues might be harvested, particularly in the summertime warmth.
There are two instructions we are able to discover:
- A short lived resolution: this season beginning in mid-Might to Oct. 31 to carry us over till we arrive at a everlasting resolution.
- A everlasting resolution: ongoing, multi-year settlement or set-up for a cooler house that matches our record of wants.
Our Wants
- 4-6 pallets value of refrigerated house
- Versatile entry with our personal set of keys
- Situated in East Van – ideally inside 2 km north of Vancouver Technical Secondary (2600 East Broadway) and 2km south of David Thompson Secondary (1755 East fifty fifth Ave) however we’re welcoming options past that space.
We’re open to:
- Sharing/renting house
- Retrofitting a container with a coolbot system or hiring somebody to invent a cell cooler
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- This feature requires a spot to park our unit and;
- Electrical energy / Photo voltaic Panels (are you an electrician with expertise with this type of factor?)
- Probably additionally a water hookup, even simply with a protracted hose to an indoor space
Assist us save our markets and CSA’s this season, preserving our harvested veggies recent, but in addition our alternatives for youth this summer time!
Thanks for the time you’ve taken to learn this over. If in case you have sources that match any of those parameters, we’re keen to attach. My contact is listed beneath. We will pay, commerce, share, promote — something — we simply want someplace to accommodate our veggies by way of the summer time!
Recent Roots group! We want your assist to seek out our subsequent cooler house.
Contact
Camille Flanjak (she/they)
Director of Farming and Operations
Recent Roots City Farm Society
ph: 778-764-0DIG (0344), ext. 111
