Identify community member’s needs

Community needs and wants

• Vegetables and fruits, flowers as well
• Shared equipment
• Compost
• Locally sourced supplies
• Doesn’t harm the environment
• Supports local restaurants
• Connects to nature
• Water tank
• Natural fertilizers
• Well maintained
• Community-centric

Meeting agenda:

• How interviews went
• Main findings

Maanya:

• Interviewed people in dorm + surveys
• Composting program (+1 Adeesh)
• Indoor component
• Flowers, nice vibes (+1 Adeesh)
• Communication about program
• Biggest community garden - no marketing for existing gardens

Alessandro:

1. General attitudes
2. Younger people more interested

Adeesh:

3. Needs to have a social aspect, community centric! Sustainable initiatives

people who joined a community garden ate 1.4 more times per day more fruits and vegetables than those who did not participate and were 3.5 times more likely to eat the recommended 5 servings of vegetables per day.

• Maanya’s Google Docs - findings
• Garden
• Market
• Indoors/outdoors
• Technological aspects
• Distribute crops?
• Open to other farmers?
• Only for volunteers?
• First come first serve?
• Local charities
• Include more interaction with community
• Adeesh:
• Have a consistent branding, structure
• Garden different based on weather - rainy/drier climate
• Greenhouses? Solar panels?
• Indoors - more controlled, can do all year
• Outdoors - seasonal, flowers! open nature!
• What can we identify as our community’s needs and wants?

Alessandro:

• Community’s needs
• Activities
• New entries
• Exploring the gardens - tours
• Carrots

Stanford Education Farm

• Berry picking
• Own flowers <333333
• Edible flowers

• Composite Character Profiles (create together)
• Which one do we want to focus on?

Actionable items:

Research (finish before Wednesday class - to discuss during class)

• Potential problems
• Competitor analysis
• Gaps in current approaches
• Opportunity areas