Hello NOLA GreenRoots !

I had an interview today with Nola Green Roots and will be starting there next Thursday. This organization was started by two Loyola New Orleans graduates! They run a network of community gardens and a compost program with restaurants around the city. They are concerned with food justice, health and education. New Orleans has areas of food deserts- areas where fresh or healthy food (or food at all) are not easily available/close. The Bywater/9th ward area is a food desert- that is why the New Orleans Food Coop is opening a grocery store there, and Nola Green Roots has a community garden there. They also have gardens in the mid-city area. For $45 a month you can be a stakeholder- you don't have do anything and you get two huge baskets of food a month, as much herbs as you want, and access to free workshops about cool things like canning and stuff! For $35 a month you can have your own piece of the garden to work. It is pretty enticing, I encourage everyone to look into it.

I will be helping out on the Development side- grant writing, donors relations etc. Excited to get more experience in that kind of work. During my interview they asked me a question about what kind of issues that we talk about it class do I think I will encounter at the job. Very interesting indeed. I am excited to see just what issues I do see. I'm sure I will be surprised; both in a positive and negative way I imagine.