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SchoolGrown Inc.
Living Ecosystem Aquaponic Facility
LEAF grenhouse lab
Jon Parr, Co -Founder, in@schoolgrown.com - (831) 251-9211
Sundown Hazen, Co -Founder, sundown@schoolgrown.com - (650) 796-2594
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Imagine if a classroom could feed a neighborhood...
SchoolGrown, a California educational non-profit organization, designs and supports
hands-on educational experiences, with aquaponic systems at the core. The systems
produce food locally, while conserving water. There are two objectives we aspire to
accomplish:
i. Scale our organization to provide educational experiences for students and
communities around the globe, leading to increased participation in sustainable
practices.
Design, and build resilient aquaponics systems that provide high quality, produce
and fish for the community.
SchoolGrown models begin with aquaponics, a combination of aquaculture (fish
farming) and hydroponics (plant farming in nutrient solution). SchoolGrown aquaponics
systems are designed for three different, and interconnected purposes.-
Reduction
urposes:Reduction in agricultural water usage. 90% less water than conventional produce
farming, and up to 99% less water than conventional aquaculture.
• Local food production. Plants grow faster and at a higher density, allowing up to
20 times the annual yield over conventional farming.
Effective education around sustainability. Hands-on learning platforms for: solar
photovoltaic electricity, solar thermal heating/cooling, rainwater catchment,
microbial life, organic farming, entrepreneurial skills, and water conservation.
All designs are adaptable by the SchoolGrown team of designers and engineers. First is
a school sized greenhouse system, dubbed LEAF - Living Ecosystem Aquaponics
Facility. LEAF provides an experiential educational platform for schools or
communities, while feeding 85 families each week. SchoolGrown coordinates the
funding, and maintains the base operations of the facility.
To engage the community and support surrounding LEAF locations,
SchoolGrown operates multifunction community centers. These locations.
demonstrate full-scale LEAF systems, as well as home systems. The facility house a
laboratory, ongoing experiments, and an inviting space for workshops and community
events.
Regional farms will be home to organizational operations, and produce acres of
aquaponic-grown food. These centers will also operate: sustainable soil farming, animal
husbandry, thoughtfu['waste management, renewable and clean energy production and
education, culinary arts education and services, conference center, worker housing, and
tourist accommodations.
To get food to those that need it, the produce is priced with a suggested
donation. We believe that those that need food will pay what they can, those that love
our produce and believe in SchoolGrown's mission will pay a little more. Donations from
those that wish to provide for others will subsidize: access to healthy local food; wise
water management, and effective education around sustainability for the next
generation, across the globe.
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Mission Statement:
To promote sustainable agriculture, savvy water use, and resource
conservation through advocacy, education, research, and service.
Core Values
• To respect and acknowledge volunteers, donors, and staff for their time, efforts
and commitments.
• To provide healthy, sustainably grown local produce and fish to the schools and
communities we serve.
■ To teach sustainability and responsibility.
■ To engage in collaborative, inclusive, effective, discovery -based education.
Scope of Vision
There are 110,000 public schools in the United States, and each one of them is an ideal
place to plant a seed.
SchoolGrown One, the first community center, is in Half Moon Bay, CA. This location
provides demonstration of a LEAF and other small scale aquaponics systems. As
resources become available, more LEAF, community centers and regional centers will
be built. Each community will network, to grow into a global web of collaborative
education and sustainable local food production.
A child plants a seed in a LEAF wicking bed.
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Why SchooiGrown?
Education
Educators are tasked with an increasingly larger and more complicated curriculum to
both teach, and budget. Teacher's bandwidth are always in short supply. Many concepts
are abstract to begin with, and the modern day "video game kids" often have short
attention spans and learning handicaps. Diverse learning styles demand the use of
multiple teaching methods. Some folks learn by reading, some by watching, and some
by doing. Having a "hands-on" platform available ensures that multiple teaching
methodologies are supported to maximize each student's education.
Each LEAF structure is an educational facility, that can support a school or a
community. The LEAF provides multiple opportunities for learning to be integrated with
core curriculum, STEM and Next Generation Science Standards across all grade levels;
such as integrating mathematics with measuring the growth rate of plants, chemistry
with the nitrogen cycle, economic principles for supply and demand, and biology with
fish and plant lifecycles.
A major benefit of the LEAF greenhouse education is the connection between people
and the food web. Many kids in developed nations, believe that food comes from
restaurants or grocery stores, but they do not know how or where it is grown, how it is
transported, or the environmental impact of agriculture. There are also duties to perform
to keep each LEAF greenhouse thriving. Youth participating in these duties develop
integrity, and a healthy work ethic, preparing them for a successful future.
Water conservation
Aquaponics requires on average 10% of the water consumption that conventional soil
cultivation demands. Agriculture uses upwards of 80% of California's water supply, and
increased frequency and duration of droughts are of massive global concern.
Aquaponics does not dump a single drop or water, nor allow any to be lost into the
ground. It is the most water savvy method of production available. As aquaponics food
production increases, topsoil and aquifers are allowed to regenerate. Therefore,
aquaponics is part of the solution for water security and the future of feeding humanity.
Aquaponics uses up to 99% less water than typical aquaculture. As wild seafood
populations dwindle, there exists a greater demand to farm fish on terrestrial pens. Fish
produce waste just like all other animals, and this waste accumulates in aquaculture
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must dump a portion of the water periodically and replace it with fresh water. Most
commercial aquaculture pens dump'/3 of thelotal water volume daily! This is not
only a terrible waste of water, but the water carries with it high loads of nitrate and
dissolved minerals. This causes algal blooms in aquatic downstream ecosystems, and
possibly massive anoxic "dead -zones". If the nitrate rich water sinks to the aquifer,
drinking wells become toxic for humans and animals for generations to come.
Conversely, aquaponics uses the nitrates produced by raising fish as an organic
fertilizer to feed the plants in a recirculating system. The plants "clean" the water
constantly and thoroughly, resulting in pristine growing conditions for the fish.
Food security and safety
Aquaponics grows food up to 20 times more annual yield than conventional agriculture.
This allows greenhouses to be placed in small areas within communities that may not
have been practical to use for soil farming. Having more farms that are closer to the end
user saves on transportation and storage. By it's nature, a decentralized network of food
producers is more resilient and secure than centralized food production. Greenhouses
provide extended growing seasons, and a physical barrier to some pests, pathogens,
climate hazards and vandalism.
Local jobs
The SchoolGrown model enables us to expand operations and hire employees in every
region. These jobs represent employment in a green and local economy. The 'Green
Sector'has seen steady growth throughout the current fiscal crisis.
Scalable and adaptable
Aquaponics is uniquely adapted to the urban environment. The standard footprint of the
LEAF is 30'x 60', however the model can scale up or down to fit any given location.
What crops are grown is based on each community's needs and/or regional market
demand.
Financially viable
The LEAF greenhouse is financially self-sufficient. The net value of a year's worth of
produce and fish will nearly repay the required start-up costs. Each subsequent year of
operation will both maintain the program, and fund expansion. SchoolGrown
community centers and regional farms have additional revenue streams, such as
classes, kits, paid internships, fertilizer products, retail space, events, and distribution
networks.
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be commercially viable as well. It is the goal of SchoolGrown to make the best use of
grants, donations, and allocations available, AND to expand on the merits of it's own
earnings.
More reasons...
• Agriculture It is estimated that the average age of America's farmers is 65. This
creates a need for 100,000 new farmers in the next 5 years. There is also a
growing momentum in awareness of the need for alternative farming methods to
sustain our ability to feed our society. Aquaponics will be a significant part of the
sustainable agriculture efforts.
■ Culinary While sourcing fresh, natural ingredients, pulling them together into a
delicious dish brings local food to the community. Future restaurateurs and chefs
will have a deep understanding of the building blocks of their creations.
• Entrepreneurs Small businesses help our communities work. LEAF greenhouse
labs provide a platform for future entrepreneurs to experience a working business
from inputs to outputs, costs and benefits, potentially sales, marketing, and basic
economic principles.
• Engineers Aquaponics is a full systems ecological design method of food
production. The LEAF system is home to a multitude of chemical, and biological
systems. As the environment becomes host to a variety of lessons, the students
are exposed to the interconnections between systems and processes. This
experience can inspire students to become a bio -engineer, help create thoughtful
civil engineers or other engineering career paths.
Global potential Small-scale, family -run farms make up the majority of the
worlds farmers. Agriculture consumes the largest percentage of the world's fresh
water. Bringing modern agriculture to parts of the world with limited electricity and
unreliable water sources will require a global job force to plan projects.
SchoolGrown builds infrastructure and aquaponic systems, while providing
education for the farmers and the communities.
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LEAF greenhouse
Each LEAF (Living Educational Aquaponic Facility) greenhouse comes at a
standard size of 30'x 60' and is capable of producing 85 family sized CSA
Revenue/YR
$138,960
boxes per week.
• Designed by SchoolGrown founder, Jon Parr. Each LEAF is built by volunteer
students, teachers, interns, parents, community, and lead by SchoolGrown
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• Each LEAF produces 85 boxes of produce per week. Many schools represent
over 1000 families, so less than 10% average participation will utilize production
from one greenhouse per school.
• The LEAF is also a very comfortable size and workload to place at community
garden sites, vacant lots, and public land. Demand and available real estate will
dictate both neighborhood and school expansion.
• The design of LEAF greenhouse labs make them easy to link multiple units
where demand is high and space is available.
• The modular design also allows for LEAF units to be rapidly installed,
removed, or relocated to another site.
Greenhouse Design
A 30'x 60' greenhouse structure, overbuilt to accommodate virtually all snow, wind, and
seismic loads. Each greenhouse comes with general engineering calcs to facilitate
quick site-specific requirements.
• Transparent walls on the East, South, and West will be single-wall polycarbonate,
with a 10 year warranty and a typical longevity over 20 years. Polycarbonate is
suitable as a fire-resistant roof for typical school requirements, and is very
durable against vandalism, cracking, yellowing, and wear.
■ SoliCulture selective photovoltaic panels will be installed on the south facing roof.
This state-of-the-art technology allows transmission of the specific blue and red
light spectrums needed for photosynthesis. The infrared, yellow, green, and UV
light that is not needed is absorbed by PV cells and creates electricity.
■ Solar actuators open ventilation without electricity or complex control.
• Fans and ducting draw warm ceiling air into plenums under the beds to store
surplus heat in the water and earth. This geothermal heating/cooling system
balances the highs and the lows, and allows climate control without expensive
grid -sourced heating and cooling.
• The frame is built from wood at local truss companies, allowing economies to
remain local wherever possible, and minimizing transportation loss.
• Composting, vermiculture, and black soldier fly production converts food scraps
into fish food and the nutritional source of plant growth.
• Optional water catchment tanks can be installed on the North wall, and plumped
to the gutters to conserve and utilize rain -water harvesting
• We begin by focusing on schools. Greenhouses are exempt from DSA permit
certification. (Although exempt, LEAF greenhouse labs are still engineered to the
highest standards.) Greenhouse DGS exemption
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Title 24, Part 1, Section 4-314 also defines certain types of structures that are not
considered to be "school buildings." When the entire scope of a construction
project includes only these structures they may be constructed without first
obtaining structural or fireAife safety approval from DSA (note that access
compliance review by DSA is still required). These structures may be submitted to
DSA for full review at the option of the school district. Note that these structures
must still be designed, constructed and inspected per code requirements even if
they are not submitted to DSA for structural or fire/life safety review.
• Structures are not considered to be regulated by DSA as "school buildings," when
they constitute the entire scope of construction, include:
• Greenhouses, barns and storage sheds used exclusively for plants or animals and
not used for classroom instruction (small groups of pupils or teachers may enter
these structures for short periods of time).
LEAF aquaponics system
Standard SchoolGrown aquaponics system design for LEAF greenhouses
■ (4x) 300 gallon 4'x 4' tanks, with windows.
4 tanks allow 4 ages of fish allow regular quarterly harvests
Windows turn "rearing tanks" into aquariums, which are captivating
■ 55 -gallon solids swirl filter
■ 55 -gallon aerobic bio -digesting filter.
• A hybrid collection of aquaponic growing methods and materials for extremely
high vegetable yield, utilizing floating rafts in "deep water culture" (DWC) for leafy
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greens, wicking beds for root crops, and constant flow/drain media beds for
larger and long-term fruit and vegetable crops. Many of these techniques and
designs are unique, and not yet available commercially.
• (1x) 3'x46'x1' flow/drain media bed
• (1 x) 3'x46'x1' dead-end wicking bed
■ (4x) 4'x46'x1' deep water culture, floating raft beds
■ (96x) 2'x4' 36 -hole rafts
■ (1x) 10OW water pump
• (1x) 20W air pump
■ Auto fish feeder
• Auto water fill valve
• Sensor array and wireless reporting including: pH, dissolved oxygen, ammonia,
nitrite, nitrate, temperature water and air, relative humidity, light intensity and
spectrum, flow meters, data collection, alert system, and active control
measures.
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Economics of the LEAF
• Produces 44,000 pounds of vegetables and 5,000 pounds of fish each year.
• As a CSA program (Community Supported Agriculture) 85 families would receive
a box of 12+ veggies weekly.
• At a suggested donation of $25 a box, that comes to $85,000 a year. This is a
very reasonable price in all US economies, and underpriced for affluent areas.
• If 14 families pay an extra $5 every week, high-end estimates are around
$94,600/year.
• If half of the families pay $15 a week, low-end figures are around $46,000/year.
• Revenue produced from the sales of produce support SchoolGrown's ability to
provide a staff person to maintain the LEAF greenhouse, connect existing
curriculums to the functions of system, and ensure the produce is processed and
ready for the customers.
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Unified School District
SAMPLE Facilities Use Agreement
This Facilities Use Agreement, executed this Nst day of MONTH 20XX, by and between
Unified School District, and SchoolGrown Organization and hereafter referred to as
SchoolGrown.
WITNESSETH:
That for and in consideration of the payment of the lease of land and the
performance of the covenants contained herein on the part of SchoolGrown, and
in the manner herein specified, San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District does
hereby provide unto SchoolGrown, and SchoolGrown accepts from San Lorenzo
Valley Unified School District, those certain premises, with the appurtenances,
hereinafter called "premises," to be used for the purposes of a Greenhouse
educational setting; said premises currently being described as a 30 ft x 60 ft plot
of land, located at the North End of the Unified School District SCHOOL campus,
adjacent to THE BUILDING. These premises are located at 1234 Highway,
Anytown, California. Title to the land upon which the Greenhouse is placed is
owned by Unified School District.
It is further mutually agreed between the parties as follows:
1. The term of the facilities use agreement is (3) three years commencing on
the Nst day of MONTH, 20XX and ending on the Nth day of Month, 20XX
for the total rent of $1 per year. This facilities use agreement may only be
extended for (1) one year terms by written mutual agreement of the
parties. In the event that an extension is not executed, this use
agreement shall revert to a month-to-month tenancy subject to
cancellation upon thirty (30) days written notice of either party.
2. SchoolGrown shall pay a flat fee of $100 per month for 12 months to
compensate Unified School District for gas, electricity and water used by
School Grown at the premises. This amount shall be paid quarterly, and is
to be received at the Office of the Superintendent of Unified School District
on the fist day of each quarter beginning Month 1, Month 1, Month 1 and
Month 1 of each fiscal year. This amount shall be adjusted annually
based on annual increases or decreases in Unified School District utility
costs.
3. Unified School District may terminate this facilities use agreement upon
three days written notice if the premises are used for any purpose other
than those set forth in this facilities use agreement, upon any other failure
of SchoolGrown to comply with the terms of this facilities use agreement
and/or upon SchoolGrown's failure to comply with any applicable federal,
state, or local law or regulation or Unified School District policy.
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Unified School District
SAMPLE Facilities Use Agreement
5. SchoolGrown shall not sublet the whole or any part of the premises, nor
assign this facilities use agreement, nor any rights hereunder, nor make
any alterations to the premises, nor directly or indirectly use or allow the
premises to be used for any other purpose other than that for which the
premises are provided without the written consent (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld) of Unified School District. Unified School District
agrees to the use of this land as a Greenhouse educational setting for the
SchoolGrown Organization.
7. This is to inform SchoolGrown that if Unified School District has
considered at any point during the educational setting that individuals,
such as Interns, will have more than limited contact with students, a
criminal background check through the Department of Justice will be
completed prior to individuals working with students.
8. Unified School District shall not be liable for any damages to any property
of the SchoolGrown Greenhouse upon the premises from any cause
whatever, except damages resulting directly from Unified School District's
use of premises.
9. Unified School District does not hold title to the Greenhouse and is
therefore not responsible for making repairs. SchoolGrown therefore
agrees to assume responsibility for any and all necessary repairs. Unified
School District reserves the right to determine the minimum level of repair
that must be maintained on the building and shall have the right at all
reasonable times to enter the premises for inspection purposes.
10. SchoolGrown agrees to surrender the premises at the termination of the
tenancy in the same condition as when received by School Grown,
reasonable use and wear thereof and damage by "acts of God" excepted.
11. SchoolGrown shall provide Unified School District with a certificate of
insurance with an endorsement naming the Unified School District as an
additional insured with a minimum limit of general liability insurance
coverage of $1,000,000. Proof of this insurance shall be provided
annually to Unified School District.
12. SchoolGrown agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Unified School
District from any cause of action arising out of or in any way connected
with SchoolGrown's use and/or occupation and/or possession of the
above described premises. (Unified School District does, however, retain
liability for its activity at premises.) SchoolGrown shall provide that Unified
School District has no liability whatsoever arising out of any activity that
SchoolGrown undertakes at the premises or allows to be undertaken at
premises. This includes potential claims from any third parties. In order to
minimize such potential claims SchoolGrown shall not make any
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Unified School District
SAMPLE Facilities Use Agreement
modifications, etc. to premises without written consent of Unified School
District. In the absence of a written agreement to the contrary, any repairs
or improvements to the premises shall become the property of the Unified
School District without any compensation; even if the facilities use
agreement is terminated prematurely at any time. SchoolGrown has the
responsibility to immediately notify Unified School District of any
conditions that could create a potentially dangerous situation. This
includes situations that SchoolGrown is aware of or reasonably should be
aware of by exercising its due diligence in this regard.
13. SchoolGrown agrees that the premises are in good and usable condition
at the time of SchoolGrown's entry into possession; and waives all rights
to make repairs at the expense of the Unified School District, as provided
in Section 1942 of the Civil Code of the State of California; and waives all
rights provided for in Section 1941 of said Civil Code.
14. Time is of the essence in each and every term and provision of this
facilities use agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Unified School District and SchoolGrown
Organization have executed this facilities use agreement on the dates indicated
below:
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Christopher Schiermeyer
Assistant Superintendent
Date:
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SCHOOLGROWN
By:
Jon Parr
School Grown
Date:
SchoolGrown community center
SchoolGrown operates multifunctional community centers. These locations
have functional LEAF prototypes built to scale and other home -scale
aquaponics system on demonstration. These locations support the LEAF
operators by providing: seeds, education, distribution networks, and food
handling licenses appropriate to each region. Each community center also
provides multiple revenue streams with workshop and retail space for direct
sales.
SchoolGrown One - Half Moon Bay, CA community center
There are no minimum or maximum number of LEAF units per community center
■ Existing SchoolGrown community centers
■ SchoolGrown One, 12511 San Mateo Rd, Half Moon Bay, CA
Community center in progress
■ Gold River Farms, Loomis, CA
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Our team has unique experience, starting with Jon Parr, a leading engineer in the field
of aquaponics. Our knowledge and experience ranges from: agriculture, permaculture,
ecological design, building, construction, architecture, solar energy, communication,
marketing, education, art, business, sociology, fine art photography, economic, social
and environmental development.
Jon Parr
Chief Aquaponics Officer, Chairman, & Founder
Jon Parr, a.leader in the emerging Aquaponics movement comes from a background of
fine craftsmanship, specializing in granite. Since his early childhood, Jon has been an
avid fisherman of the California waterways. As an fish hobbyist, Jon has befriended
many of California's aquaculture community. Those connections with the fish community
has helped many aquaponics farmers fill their fish tanks.
Jon discovered aquaponics overcoming a problem with ground squirrels at his home in
the Santa Cruz mountains. Jon left the craft / construction trade to pursue the
aquaponic arts full time. During the years of research and real-world application, Jon
developed numerous expansive aquaponic systems. He pioneered new methods,
practices, equipment and understanding, many of which have become the standards of
the Aquaponic industry today. Jon's hands-on approach to real-world application of
sustainable permaculture and aquaponic production have made him a popular circuit
speaker and one of the elite aquaponic industry experts.
Sarah Hammond
Treasurer
Sarah Hammond began her career in Accounting over 30 years ago at a family-owned
retail clothing store with 22 locations throughout California and Oregon. Since that time
she's gone on to work in several fields from Architects to Manufacturing, Contractors to
Wholesale Supplies. Most recently, Sarah was the bookkeeper for nine years at
Grunsky Law Firm in Watsonville, California.
Sarah and her siblings were raised with an appreciation for working the earth. Their
folks instilled in them. the importance of knowing where their food came from. They ate
and preserved food from their own farm and garden, eating all organic, local, whole
foods when it wasn't necessarily "chic" to do so. It's this upbringing that makes her so
excited to be a part of SchoolGrown; to be a part of educating today's youth on the
importance of Farm -to -Table and the beauty of organic, sustainable agriculture.
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Sundown Hazen
Secretary
Sundown Hazen is a Bachelor of Fine Art, new media from San Jose State University.
While working on his BFA, Sundown also completed INVST, International, National
Volunteer Service Training. A two-year program that included social justice discussion,
two-week Navajo trip, 5 -days of homelessness, and a service trip to EI Salvador.
From 2004 to 2014 Sundown worked in 5 of the the San Francisco bay area Apple
Stores. During that time, Sundown had the opportunity to contribute to Apple retail
corporate projects in workshop, and customer training programs. August, 2014,
Sundown leaves a 10 -year career at Apple as the Stanford Shopping Center Lead
Genius, and joins Jon Parr to launch SchoolGrown.
Sundown sits on the following executive boards:
Sustainable Community Gardens
Secretary of the Board
A non-profit 11 -acre educational farm at Peterson Middle School, in Sunnyvale, CA.
Aquaponics Association
Secretary of the Board
National Aquaponics Industry Association
Kevin G. Schmidt
Creative Organic Ventures Commercial Aquaponics (COVCA)
Led by artist and entrepreneur Kevin G. Schmidt. Kevin is passionate about all things
sustainable and has assembled a world class group of professionals to advance
commercial aquaponics production and research. Other members of the COVCA group
include well-known celebrities, business men, universities, financiers, scientists and
distributors. Schmidt family members have strong ties to the entertainment industry and
apply their marketing, branding, contacts, and business acumen to the field of
sustainable food production. Kevin's father, Kent Schmidt, has a construction science
and administration background in the senior care and child care industry as developer,
owner, and operator of mostly private pay Kansas -based, senior care and childcare
facilities, including: nursing homes, assisted living facilities, memory -impaired centers,
retirement centers and commercial childcare centers. Other key members of COVCA
include artist turned lawyer Kenneth Schmidt and international recording artist Kendall
Schmidt.
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Dr. Carley Corrado
Solar Panel Designer
Dr. Carley Corrado, PhD received her doctorate in the field of Chemistry from UC Santa
Cruz in 2011. Her research focused on the development and optical characterization of
new materials for next -generation energy efficient lighting. Following graduate school
she became a postdoctoral fellow and lab manager in Professor S.A. Carter's
Renewable Energy Physics Laboratory developing wavelength selective power -
generating greenhouse technology, a state-of-the-art development which has spawned
the company Soliculture. Dr. Corrado is currently the Director of Business Development,
working with a small passionate team bringing this blooming renewable energy
technology to market. Throughout her career, teaching and outreach, especially focused
on sustainability and environmental solutions, has been a passion proliferated through
varied extracurricular professional development in science education, volunteering, as
well as the creation of a science outreach program through WiSE (Women in Science
and Engineering) which continues to thrive.
Gary Koffler
Aquaponics Evangelist
Gary became involved in the aquaponics industry in 2012. He received training from
aquaponic industry leaders Max Meyers, David Rosenstein and Jon Parr. He has
attended the last three industry conferences and has developed relationships with
several of its leaders. His goal is to integrate technology with aquaponics to maximize
fish and plants yields, minimize losses, increase quality and create "personal" systems
that can be operated by urban growers with minimum knowledge of aquaponics so they
might grow healthy food for themselves, their families and friends.
Gary currently resides in Petaluma, California where he is working on the SchoolGrown
start-up efforts. He is is a self -ordained Aquaponics Evangelist and the volunteer
Northern California Representative for SchoolGrown.
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Kenji Snow
Food Safety Advisor
Kenji has been growing aquaponically since early 2009. Kenji founded Ouroboros
Farms in Pescadero one of the first commercial Aquaponic farms in California. In 2013,
Kenji was part of the startup team at Viridis Aquaponics in Watsonville. Kenji has been a
commercial Aquaponic instructor with the Aquaponics Institute and continues to instruct
with EZ Farms and Fish as well as private consultation. Kenji is owner and manager of
Gambatte Aquaponics providing Aquaponic and compost consultation.
Kenji believes in the SchoolGrown's program because it's innovative and brings
Aquaponic growing methods to our school age children and raises awareness in the
areas of food safety, quality and availability while also teaching sustainability, science,
biology and the importance of locally produced food.
Ryan Stock
Strategic Planning Volunteer
Ryan Stock is a vice-president and planning consultant at the Growth Management
Center. As a trained planning facilitator and graphic recorder, he assists mid -market
businesses to develop or update their strategic and marketing plans. This career has
taken him to consulting assignments in more than 20 private -sector industries, both
domestically and internationally. He also has planning experience assisting not -for -
profits in the farming, outdoor recreation and social services sectors; and several
member -based associations. Prior to joining Growth Management Center, he worked
extensively with supervisory responsibilities in the recreation and hospitality industries.
His interest in aquaponics stems from a passion for sustainable ocean fisheries, deep
concern for availability of clean water, and a commitment to more responsible use of
fish as food in traditional aquaculture and emerging aquaponic practices.
Ryan is a graduate of California State University, Monterey Bay, and has volunteered
with youth programs in Salinas and Castroville, California. He lives, works and farms in
the Santa Cruz mountains of Northern California and enjoys fly fishing California's rivers
and tributaries in his free time.
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Ben Eichorn
Teacher Development Advisor
"Farmer Ben" Eichorn founded Grow Your Lunch in 2010 after teaching for four years at
the Edible Schoolyard Project in Berkeley, CA.
Ben grew up on Country Flat Farm in Big Sur, CA but wasn't exactly fond of farm work
as a kid. Ben's passion for farming and gardening began to "germinate" when he
studied urban agriculture in Havana, Cuba as an undergraduate in Sociology and
Environmental Studies at Whitman College in 2003 (B.A. Cum Laude, 2005).
Having seen the myriad benefits of urban agriculture in Cuba, Benjamin launched into a
senior thesis entitled "The Edible Schoolyard and Student Achievement," an exploration
into the academic validity of school garden education (thesis awarded "honors" and
published by Whitman College, 2005). This research was the beginning of a decade-
long search for the most successful methods for using the garden classroom as an
effective context for teaching and learning.
Malvina Pingree
Biology Liaison
Malvina has her bachelor of Science degree in biology from Evergreen State College
with emphases in microbiology, molecular biology, and marine biology. Much of her
coursework focused on microscopic organisms and their impact on larger species. After
earning her degree, Malvina worked for Santa Cruz Biotechnology as a lab assistant
and was quickly promoted to the product development team. In this position, she
conducted research for product promotion and design. After five years of working for
Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Malvina began work for Monterey Mushrooms as a research
scientist managing the mushroom breeding team. She was responsible for following the
growth of the mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, from spores to specific genetic lines of
mushrooms as part of ensuring quality control.
Following her passion for the biological sciences, Malvina volunteered at the Seymour
Marine Discovery Center of Long Marine Labs as a docent. As a volunteer, her
responsibilities included leading tours for the public and overseeing children as they
interfaced with marine biologicals.
In her social life Malvina has also been an advocate of education, and has supported
sustainable farming practices. She has always enjoyed shopping at farmers markets
and participating in community supported agriculture (CSA), including hatching eggs for
local farms, growing and foraging for mushrooms and plants, beekeeping, and raising
live stock. Malvina is excited to be able to combine her knowledge of biology and
farming in a way that will support education. She believes that aquaponic farming is an
invaluable teaching tool for the biological sciences.
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Anand Jameson
Communications and School Outreach
Anand "Nando" Jameson was born and raised in Oakland California. Son of a Public
Defender and Public Educator, Nando was exposed to numerous cultures and socio-
economic issues at a young age. These early acquaintances manifested a curiosity in
political economy. Consequently, he later devoted his higher education to economic
theory and earned a BA in Economics and Business Management from UC Santa Cruz.
Following his graduation, Nando taught English as a second language through UC
Berkeley Extension. Amongst numerous community partnerships, he created
environmental internships educating foreign exchange students on permaculture,
alternative water systems, and the general tenets of sustainability.
Harkening back to his discipline, Nando moved from teaching to sales and earned a
position at Coverity, a Synopsys Company. Targeting Fortune -500 companies, Nando
and his team created $4M worth of projected business and added $1 M in new business.
As top sales representative, he was recruited to grow the business at the "hot start-up"
software company, Zenefits. In his short time there, he contributed approximately $50K
in new business and $200K in projected. Nando left his promising career at Zenefits to
follow his heart and apply his talent to more productive ventures.
Brenden Zimmer
Brenden Zimmer has been passionately involved in sustainable, local food systems
since moving to Santa Cruz in 2007 to attend UC Santa Cruz. His interest in water
conservation techniques and organic, local produce ultimately led him to discover
aquaponics. After graduating from UCSC with undergraduate degrees in Environmental
Studies and Sociology, with an emphasis in Organic Agriculture, Brenden has worked
as a Life Lab Garden Coordinator for local elementary schools in Live Oak, CA since
2012. Currently at Del Mar Elementary, Brenden teaches students organic gardening
techniques, while stressing the importance of local food and balanced nutrition.
Additionally, Brenden Zimmer is the Garden Manager and Volunteer Coordinator of the
Gilroy Demonstration Garden, the only community garden in Gilroy, CA. Brenden
maintains an active presence in the Gilroy Unified School District, as well as at Gavilan
Community College. He leads field trips and school visitations to the GDG and
successfully planned and implemented a Summer Camp for kids in the Summer of
2014.
Brenden is ready to take his unique skill set in environmental education, organic
gardening techniques, and social justice and apply it to the world of aquaponics.
Brenden's experience working in school gardens will provide vital insight into the
development of a school -worthy aquaponics curriculum. In addition, his customer
service skills, outgoing attitude, experience with children, and knowledge of organic
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Daniel Brodell-Lake
MSc Integrative Ecosocial Design
Daniel is a dynamic and multi -talented individual with roots in social justice and
environmental education. He grew up in Palo Alto, CA attending Hidden Villa Summer
Camp every summer where he first learned to work with animals, compost and also
attended a leadership training.
Daniel has a B.A. in interdisciplinary independent study of Ethnography & Photography
with a minor in Spanish Linguistics from UC Santa Cruz. He is American TESOL
certified to Teach English to Speakers of Other Languages and conversational in
Spanish. Daniel recently graduated with an MSc in Integrative Ecosocial Design from
Gaia Universitu. During his independent MSc Daniel became a certified permaculture
design practitioner, taking two certification courses as a student and working on a third
as a photographer, facilitator and youth mentor. Daniel has worked as an Artist in
Residence at the Omega Institute, as a farm intern at one of the nation's oldest
biodynamic farms in Tennessee and also on an organic dairy farm in Costa Rica. He
continued his leadership work during this MSc and is now an alum of the Ecology of
Leadership program from the Regenerative Design Institute.
Daniel is a NABCEP certified solar energy practitioner and also a Team Leader with
Grid Alternatives, providing free solar energy systems for low income families. He
works part time with Day One Solar in Santa Cruz installing grid -interconnected
photovoltaic systems.
Ori Paz
High School integration volunteer
Bachelor of Science in environmental studies, substitute teacher, water -wise garden
designer, and amateur mycologist. I have always been mildly obsessed with the idea of
using natural processes to achieve desired results in the built environment.
While studying cultural relationships with natural ecosystems in Belize, I discovered
there was a name for my passion; permaculture. I spent a week working on the Maya
Mountain Research Farm, an NGO agroforestry farm in the Maya Mountains, and it
opened my eyes to a school of thought and a way of living that was truly sustainable.
Natural processes were being mimicked through an integrated design with impressive
results; my.thought was, why not in cities? One practice stood out with great potential
for urban implementation; Aquaponics.
I set out to learn as much as I could about Aquaponics, permaculture, food production,
and the people who were doing it in cities. I stumbled upon a TED talk by Pam
Warhusrt, "How we can eat our landscapes", and loved that the idea of food production
in public spaces was more than just an idea. I decided I would focus my energy on my
local high school. That decision and subsequent efforts led me to SchoolGrown. I
attended a workshop, met Jon and Sundown, and knew I wanted to be a part of their
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From: Jeff Ben & Tracy Hurt <HurtBen@comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:30 AM
To: City Council
Subject: City Council Meeting Times/Duration
Dear Mayor Sinks and Council Members Chang, Wong, Vaidhyanathan, and Paul,
Please consider adjourning tonight's and all future nights' City Council Meeting no later than midnight if at that time
agenda items remain. None of us functions at our best or most civil at a time when we are normally asleep. Let us
adjourn to rest and refresh ourselves before resuming our business the following day.
Wishing you a long winter's sleep tonight,
Tracy L. Hurt