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Home My WebLink About08.b. (Handout) AgLantis-CoCo Sustainable Farm Update from Dr. Carolyn Phinney Item 8.b. (Handout) From: Danea Gemmell Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 4:51 PM To: Katie Young<KYoung@centralsan.org> Cc: Roger Bailey<rbailey@centralsan.org>; Kent Alm<kalm@meyersnave.com>; Carolyn Phinney <carolynphinney@comcast.net> Subject: FW: AgLantis Updates Katie, Please forward the following to the Board as additional information related to Item 8.b. AgLantis 2017 Annual Report and 2018 Business and Strategic Plan Update. 1. The email below was received on Saturday 5/12/18 and provides additional information not contained in the materials in the Agenda packet. Dr. Phinney will not be able to attend the Thursday Board meeting, but wanted to provide this more current update for consideration. 2. AgLantis insurance for 2018 is current and in full force. 3. A$5,000 Security Deposit was received from AgLantis on May 11, 2018 in accordance with terms of the Lease. 4. Torrent Laboratories received three samples from the Farm site in January 2018 and tested for metals,gasoline and diesel products. Most metals were non-detect with zinc and barium indicating levels below hazardous waste criteria. Motor Oil was detected in amounts that were less than environmental screening levels. Diesel was detected in the three samples, but below the environmental screening levels for Commercial/Industrial shallow soil exposure. Thank you for passing on this information. 0,1114'd ("ellim 'll ('I rnnul�,ulcl Il!�riniru),'nt Ur.r,rcm N.ul.l:; r ( en(ral Contra Costa Sanitary District tl l ) Itnhulf I'I rc,. lutill, • (A1) 1� ; , 1)11, ) ')1.5 2J1) 7I 18 rl�cl�li)i��llfplt�ntr,ll,,iu u, , \l 1,l'; 11`tlll'd15,1111)!E' From:CAROLYN PHINNEY[_mailto:carolynphinney Comcast net] Sent:05 12,2018 09:28 AM To: Danea Gemmell<ddgemmeII(@centralsan.org> Subject:AgLantis Updates Hi Danea, I thought you might be interested in presenting some 2018 updates to the Board. Here's a brief list. 1. We planted several acres of cover crop this spring before the rains and much of it grew. You can see the waves of yellow to the right of the gate as you enter and down by the freeway. Jack rabbits enjoyed too much of it. We could have harvested it, but decided to let it go to seed and spread for another crop. 2. Next Friday, we are adding a new board member who has major fund-raising experience and is widely known and respected in the community. We have told him we want to raise $200,000 in the next two years and he has agreed to help. 3. We are contracting with a farmer who is graduating from UC Santa Cruz in June with a degree in Environmental Studies with a specialty in Regenerative Agriculture and teaching STEM. See attached. She has begun designing the curriculum for summer Urban Farming and STEM classes for youth. She will begin teaching around July 1. Classes will run 2 months. We hope that Central San will have provided the meter for the water by June and the Recycled Water signs for installation, so we can install some of the irrigation system and hook up as soon as Title 22 is granted. The students will be helping with creating our farm beds and plantings. 4. Students for summer classes will primarily come from the Mt. Diablo Unified School District, where we are collaborating with Cindy Gershen and her farmer. Some may receive Community College credit from DVC. 5. We are working on grant applications, one of which will go in this week with Cindy Gershen and MDUSD as a collaborator to fund our summer urban farming and STEM classes. We have several potential funders already. 6. Mt. Diablo Unified School District's Food Service Director has said that he wants to buy everything we can grow as soon as we have water connection and can start producing. That's very exciting, because that will give us some income. 7. Master Gardener and teacher Sheila Hill, Nutrition Guru, Community Activist and Teacher Cindy Gershen and Organic Farmer Shawn Seufert have agreed to join AgLantis on an Advisory Committee. 8. AgLantis is organizing a major Future of Sustainable Food System (name to be decided later) series of events in early 2019. This will include a lecture series on sustainable food and agriculture, etc. probably held at Los Medanos Community College and possibly other locations. If Central San wanted to hold an event on Sustainable Water, we could work that in. This is very much in the beginning stages of planning, but we have several models in other places to follow. This will include fun events like Food Trucks, Concerts, restaurant nights and more to foster sustainable food system and economic development focused on the Northern Waterfront (Oakley to Crocket). Supervisor Federal Glover's staff has indicated they are very excited about working on this with us. Cindy Gershen will also work on this with us. 9. We are about to submit to Contra Costa Fire for approval of our fire water tanks filled with potable water or rain water and new site plan. 10. We have an Electrical Engineer donating the work for the PG&E hook up and we are working with him and PG&E on that application. We will be connecting to the pole on Imhoff drive near the fill station, which turns out to be the only nearby pole with 3-phase power that the greenhouse needs. 11. Greenhouse construction will begin in the next 9 months. We have until mid March to spend the $50,000 the Supervisors gave us to build it, so we must be far along in construction by then. Of course, it will take years of evolution to fully equip and be the hydroponics model greenhouse we want to be. Most hydroponics greenhouse businesses start out with millions of start up funds. That's the 2018 news, off the top of my head. Thank you very much for everything you have done to help us. Carolyn Carolyn Phinney, Ph.D. President,AgLantis (501 c-3) �,vN,vi,,.-.Salads4Schools.ore 925-788-7374 3 Experience SUPERDAR Fellowship, University of California,Santa Cruz April 2017-Present: Research Fellow Research fellowship awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. I am conducting research pertaining to suppression of soilborne fungal pathogens Fusarium oxysporum, and Verticillium dahliae.Additional research in soil fertility and nutrient cycling of various carbon sources in both field and controlled lab settings.Grant number-2016-67032- 24987 Tanya Wood Shennan Lab Group, University of California,Santa Cruz Y November 2016-Present: Field& Lab Research Assistant III Objective I work in Dr. Carol Shennan's lab assisting with Anaerobic Soil Seeking environmental or agricultural Disinfestation and strawberry research she and Dr.Joji position within sustainable systems or Muramoto are doing. I conduct a variety of tasks related to public policy sectors. agroecology and sustainable agriculture field research including but not limited to:soil sampling, both organic and Skills & Abilities inorganic acid measurements, pH &EC readings,crop planting, ♦ Quantitative and Qualitative field plot preparation, biomass measurements,data collection, Research,field study, and entry, Lachat ion spectroscopy, analysis,data summarization, analytical laboratory work, and management,calibration and use of lab equipment, presentations reagents,and maintaining cleanliness and organization of ♦ Greenhouse&CSA farm laboratory. USDA, NIFA Grant numbers-2017-51181-26832, management IPM, irrigation 2016-51102-25815 installation and care, propagation, production, and Chadwick Garden, University of California,Santa Cruz harvesting of plants and produce for sale April 2017-June 2017: Intern ♦ Installation of greywater laundry Chadwick Garden is a three-acre French Intensive Garden to landscape systems. situated on the UCSC campus. During my internship, I learned ♦ Soil Science,bioassay plate analysis about and performed various cover crop and intercropping ♦ Plant disease identification methods,fruit tree pruning, planting and harvesting of crops ♦ Proficient with Windows,Word, and flowers, performed weed control,compost maintenance, Excel, Outlook and various PC reinforcement of degraded sloping areas, irrigation installation applications and hardware Some and repair ArcGIS. ♦ Teaching,facilitating workshops IAMOneBusyMomma,Fairfield, CA ♦ Previous restaurant management March 2012-Present: Private Tutor&Workshop Instructor food safety ServSafe, HACCP Some duties include: Developing curriculum modeling state certifications. standards and providing workshops utilizing the curriculum. Working as a Co-Op Technology Course Instructor, Contact Information Multidisciplinary Subject Tutor, Event Coordinator, 487 Dahlia St. Homeschool and Independent Studies Field Trip Coordinator Fairfield,CA 94533 Skills: Organization and Time Management,Social Media and T 425.210.1647 Networking E Wood TanyaLee@gmail.com Mystic Baubles, Fairfield, CA January 2012-December 2016:Small Business Owner;Jewelry Design Founder and Owner of Mystic Baubles, a company that offered handcrafted products designed by local artisans. I covered all aspects of the business including photography, photo editing,copywriting, SEO, customer communication, blueprints and designs of pieces, organizing sales at craft fairs and on consignment. I collaborated with various charitable causes, donating product to auction or raffle as well. Student Apprentice, University of California, Davis June 2015-August 2015:Student Farm Summer Apprentice 2015 Student Farm Summer Apprentice: Participates in all the field activities related to organic vegetable production for sale to local CSA, UC Davis Dining Services,and UC Davis campus Coffee House. Participants sow seeds in the greenhouse, do transplanting, mulching, irrigating, cultivating, harvesting,and controlling pests. Participants also have the option learn to drive tractors and use tractor mounted implements. AT&T, Bothell,WA December 2008-June 2010:Customer Support Specialist Resolved technical issues for high profile Fortune 500 customers Offered customers appropriate options and solutions to achieve company profitability goals, meet customer needs, and avoid churn Provided inbound technical support for network connectivity and troubleshooting on GPRS/EDGE/ UMTS networks, data plan and feature maintenance,APN, dynamic and IP verification, and device configuration Troubleshoot and escalate undocumented wireless voice and data issues for research and resolution by opening internal and external trouble tickets where appropriate. Quickly advanced to join the Bothell Ticket Team where I served as the point of contact for network operations, peering partners,other carriers in addition to our own Technical Support Representatives Worked Mobility Porting Support Queue, investigating and assisting in resolution of porting issues between our customers and those of other carriers Organized and presented training sessions to teams of 12-14 reps EDUCATION University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA Anticipated graduation date June 2018 with BA Environmental Studies, Focus in Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Environmental Policy& Political Economics Activities and societies include: USDA SUPERDAR Fellowship, Workstudy, BioWEST Coursework:Agroecology&Sustainable Agriculture,Environmental Assessment,National Environmental Policy, Environmental Law&Policy,Sustainable Development,Soil Science, Environmental Policy&Economics,California Ecology, Biostatistics Awards&Achievements(See last page) Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 2015-2016 Completed coursework in Plant Sciences for transfer to UC Activities and societies include: Horticulture Club, MESA Coursework: Plant Propagation, Plant Production, Soil Science, Intro to Horticulture Napa Valley College, Napa, CA June 2016 Graduated with Associates of Science in Natural Science& Mathematics, IGETC Activities and societies include: SACNAS officer: National Liaison and President;MESA,Women in Stem Empowerment,STEM conference organization and attendance, led STEM workshops, mentorship Presentations and Publications: Use of a summer cover crop as a partial carbon source for anaerobic soil disinfestation in coastal California This is a project I was part of that will be presented by Joji Muramoto, at the IX International Symposium on Soil and Substrate Disinfestation from 9/9/18-9/11/18 in Heraklion, Crete. Along with Joji and myself,others also contributed to the project,and subsequent paper that will soon follow:Carol Shennan, Mark Mazzola, Emily Miethke, Erika Resultay, Margherita Zavatta, and Steven Koike Awards and Achievements: • UC Regents Grant, University of California,Santa Cruz September 2017$3,487 Grant awarded toward Environmental Studies coursework. • Work Study, University of California,Santa Cruz September 2017$3,000 Work Study awarded-continued employment with on-campus research lab 0 UC Regents Grant, University of California,Santa Cruz June 2017$2,200 awarded for Environmental Studies coursework • USDA-NIFA SUPERDAR Fellowship, USDA-NIFA March 2017$7737 fellowship award to conduct undergraduate research at UCSC. • OLLI Book Award,Silvia Miller Book Award-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute September 2016$500 book award, renewed for an additional quarter to total $1,000 awarded. • UC Regents Grant, University of California,Santa Cruz September 2016$19,000 Grant to attend UCSC's Environmental Studies program • Work Study,University of California,Santa Cruz September 2016$3,000 Work Study awarded; obtained position with on-campus research lab • Congressional Recognition Award, US Congressman Mike Thompson • May 2016 Certificate of recognition for being a transfer student participating in the MESA/HSI STEM Program. • STEM Transfer Participant,Jose Hernandez MESA/HSI STEM Assistant Dean,Napa Valley College May 2016 Certificate for participation in MESA/HSI STEM program at Napa Valley College • Napa Valley College STEM "Gana"Award,Napa Valley College MESA HSI STEM May 2015 This award is given to students who have contributed above and beyond, and show exemplary leadership skills,and dedication to STEM. References available upon request