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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #446 |
| Farm Share Food Recovery Program |
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| Requester: |
Patricia Robbins |
Organization: |
Farm Share, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Farm Share Food Recovery Program |
Date Submitted |
1/6/2005 10:31:11 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Rodolfo Garcia |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project addresses the documented problem of hunger and poverty in the South Florida area as well as state-wide. This project also helps to reduce the need for landfills in the State. |
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| Recipient: |
Farm Share, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Mark Robbins |
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Building 12, 300 North Krime Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 222-9595 |
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Florida City 33034 |
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Contact email: |
mark@farmshare.org |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Supermarkets only accept perfect same-sized produce. The rest is thrown out. Farm Share partners with the State (since 1991) to recover 10 million of fresh produce and distribute it state-wide. (See attachment) |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 10 million pounds of fresh produce delivered to the hunger ditressed of Florida (see attachment). |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$400,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,200,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$22,000,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2003-2004 |
Amount: |
$300,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$400,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Agriculture And Consumer Services, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Agriculture |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Yes |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
2000 Federal Census Statistics on Poverty in Florida |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/22/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
