Rippling Waters Organic Farm

Promoting Community Food Security
through Education, Action, & Service
Farm, Greenhouse & Community Gardens
55 River Road, Steep Falls, Maine 04085
(207) 642-5161             greengrower@ripplingwaters.org

Food Connections Corps is "Teaching youth to grow 

It is a seven week summer apprenticeship program for twelve high school students to be involved in our Saco Valley Food connections Project.

The program will provide life skills, job readiness and personal growth experiences.  Students will be trained and inspired to be leaders in their community about food related issues.  Equally as important, it will teach them to better stewards of the earth.

The Food connection Corps is about more than just food, it's about raising social consciousness about the food we eat and how it's grown.  It's about asking questions like 'why is it even important to think about our food's origins?'.

What the corps will do:

• learn all aspects of organic market farming practices
• work with the community maintaining school and senior gardens
• contribute to local food security by growing and distributing produce for the local food pantries
• sell produce at the farm store and several farmers' markets
• cook and create fresh new recipes using farm produce

For more information or to apply contact Richard Rudolph, Executive Director at 642-5161 x1 or at rrudolph@fairpoint.net.

2008 FCC Member had a wonderful time.  One of their projects was to make a slide show of the program to promote the program this year.  Here are a few of their slides.  

Last updated:  February 2010