One twelvemonth into our challenging 5 - year Strategic Plan , it ’s time to see if we ’re on course . It turn out we ’re not - we’re much further up the road than we intended to be right now . Not a bad problem !
The four pillars below ponder our top precedence as we grow and pivot man to address key concerns and inspiration of our members and community .
( 2 ) INCREASING OUR impingement : If training is our roots , then residential district programs must be the fruit . OurGarden - in - a - Boxprogram provide 9,932 children and family in food - insecure neighborhood throughout Minnesota hand - on horticulture experience ( 66 % growth).Minnesota Greenredistributed a record 72,203 plants to residential area gardens - three time our target . And our exciting newMN SEED Projectengaged 536 people in seed saving , carry on and swapping - five prison term our quarry . This combination of education and residential area programming has kept MSHS at the hack border of serve up our community in a twelvemonth of such great demand . Together , we are reach meaningful impact on issues such asfood security(60,000 pounds of food for thought donate from MN Green garden to local food banks),climate change(did you see our great educational showing about bee lawns at State Fair ? ) , andracial equity(for model , we provide culturally relevant seeds to the divers populations in Garden - in - a - Box , and are transform webinars into multiple language ) .
MN SEED participants learned how to clean and sort seed at Gibbs Farm.
( 4 ) edifice CAPACITY : We guess we ’ll still have something to bid for another 156 year , which ask the replenishing alimentation of finances and people power ( the Dominicus and the rain , to complete our metaphor ) . Our extremity petition helped salve our province funding , and generous donor increased contribution by 68 % to a pre - pandemic level of $ 174,423 . Our board grew to 11 strong extremity with a significant reach of acquirement and perspective , and we develop a new committee social organisation to bring in more community of interests members with passion and skill to deal . Our improbably heavily - working ( exploit ? ) and committed staff of just six professionals is augmented with worthful interns and volunteers , and our novel executive director is n’t so Modern anymore , completing 1 ½ years of abide all this growth .
For those of you who wish numbers , that ’s all below ( and spill above ) . But see at the bragging picture , we put an ambitious 5 - year form back in fall of 2020 , and after just one yr we are in many pillowcase already approaching the 5 - year goal ( see our2021 Impact Report ) . It ’s not that we arrange the legal profession too low ; it ’s that we care so much . 9,000 members and 20,000 reader ca n’t be wrong - horticulture is fun , authoritative and core to our personal and collective health and happiness .
With that kind of commitment , how can we not succeed at our vision : develop , together !
MN SEED participants learned how to clean and sort seed at Gibbs Farm.
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Executive Director Rick Juliusson gave an update on MSHS progress in 2020 and its new strategic plan.
