Field Reports
The Harvest Process: Maximizing Local Food Infrastructure to Benefit the Charitable Food System in Vermont
Nora Leccese,
Emerson Fellow
Published 2015
Montpelier, Vermont
The Harvest Process catalogues case studies of processing projects within charitable food organizations around the country. Nora synthesized the information from the case studies and identified recommendations for the Vermont Foodbank to construct a financially viable model to preserve agricultural surplus.
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Publication tags: Field Reports - Emergency Food Network, Environment and Natural Resources, Food Banks, Food Systems, Food Systems and Agriculture - Service Providers
Originally from Boulder, Colorado, Nora graduated from the University of Colorado in 2014, with a degree in economics and a focus on community leadership. Nora helped found Boulder Food Rescue, a national organization that uses bicycle power to redistribute produce that would otherwise go to waste from grocery stores to homeless, food insecure, and low income individuals. She has conducted research on worker owned cooperatives in Argentina and was a lead organizer in a campaign to divest Colorado University from the fossil fuel industry. She was an Americorps UCAN Serve Education Award Recipient for completion of 1200 hours community service.
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