Basil’s Harvest, another of our awesome Good Food nonprofits, requested a boost for its year-end fundraising appeal, which I saw just after I sent this morning’s newsletter. Since I’m giving Local Food Forum the day off for New Year’s Eve, I am sharing the following material provided by Erin Meyer, founder and executive director of Basil’s Harvest, and passionate advocate of elevating the message that good soil, good food and good health are intimately connected.
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2021 Year in Review
As Basil’s Harvest approaches the close of 2021, we are reflecting on the past and looking to the future. We can’t capture everything in a flyer: every soil test, every bowl of regenerative oatmeal served at the hospital, every community program presented, and so on. However, we can share a few key highlights of 2021.
Our Regenerative Agriculture in the Heartland (RAH) Initiative cultivated a Midwest/Upper Great Lakes regenerative supply chain, bringing regenerative/organic oats to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. We worked with farmers, processors, & institutions supporting regenerative agriculture to increase soil health, which in turn, will improve food quality. Read more here.
We completed phase two of our five-year soil and nutrient density research with our agroecology partners. This explores relationships between regenerative ag, soil microbiome, and crop nutrients.
Further, we worked with our research partners to gather and publish the evidence around the connections between human and soil health. Read the report here.
We have created a solid foundation to advance our initiatives in 2022! You are the change. We are the change. We are not fixing a food system, we are catalyzing a new food system.
We are excited about this upcoming year, expanding the RAH Initiative, and new projects, including the Regenerative Ag and Human Health Nexus in the Age of Climate Change with Illinois Regenerative Agriculture Initiative (IRAI). This brings together a multidisciplinary team of University of Illinois researchers, practitioners, and educators representing the farm/food industry, healthcare system, and freshwater resources to collaboratively study links between soil health and the gut microbiome, and to create culinary health and nutrition education and training modules for physicians and dietitians. Read more here.
This research is a critical piece of the conversation, and these are the conversations that will help us catalyze the food system.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 by December 31, 2021.
Each gift serves as a seed to plant and cultivate our food system. Consider giving a tax-deductible donation.
Basil's Harvest Appeal For Good Measure
Basil's Harvest Appeal For Good Measure
Basil's Harvest Appeal For Good Measure
Dear Local Food Forum Subscriber:
Basil’s Harvest, another of our awesome Good Food nonprofits, requested a boost for its year-end fundraising appeal, which I saw just after I sent this morning’s newsletter. Since I’m giving Local Food Forum the day off for New Year’s Eve, I am sharing the following material provided by Erin Meyer, founder and executive director of Basil’s Harvest, and passionate advocate of elevating the message that good soil, good food and good health are intimately connected.
_____________________
2021 Year in Review
As Basil’s Harvest approaches the close of 2021, we are reflecting on the past and looking to the future. We can’t capture everything in a flyer: every soil test, every bowl of regenerative oatmeal served at the hospital, every community program presented, and so on. However, we can share a few key highlights of 2021.
Our Regenerative Agriculture in the Heartland (RAH) Initiative cultivated a Midwest/Upper Great Lakes regenerative supply chain, bringing regenerative/organic oats to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. We worked with farmers, processors, & institutions supporting regenerative agriculture to increase soil health, which in turn, will improve food quality. Read more here.
We completed phase two of our five-year soil and nutrient density research with our agroecology partners. This explores relationships between regenerative ag, soil microbiome, and crop nutrients.
Further, we worked with our research partners to gather and publish the evidence around the connections between human and soil health. Read the report here.
We have created a solid foundation to advance our initiatives in 2022! You are the change. We are the change. We are not fixing a food system, we are catalyzing a new food system.
We are excited about this upcoming year, expanding the RAH Initiative, and new projects, including the Regenerative Ag and Human Health Nexus in the Age of Climate Change with Illinois Regenerative Agriculture Initiative (IRAI). This brings together a multidisciplinary team of University of Illinois researchers, practitioners, and educators representing the farm/food industry, healthcare system, and freshwater resources to collaboratively study links between soil health and the gut microbiome, and to create culinary health and nutrition education and training modules for physicians and dietitians. Read more here.
This research is a critical piece of the conversation, and these are the conversations that will help us catalyze the food system.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 by December 31, 2021.
Each gift serves as a seed to plant and cultivate our food system. Consider giving a tax-deductible donation.
Your support makes all the difference!
Thank you,
Erin Meyer, RD, MSFS Founder & Executive Director
Donate: Basil's Harvest