Ideas
Farms & Prisons/Jails
Urban AgricultureThe individuals in prison/jail have done something to according to our laws have negatively effected our society. It make me wonder ... Read More
Create a “Hub” – following the Dhalia model
Food & Nutrition Education, Urban AgricultureWhat if we create our own version of the Dhalia Farms and Gardens in Denver? The Dahlia Campus for Health and ... Read More
Community Ideas
Alternative Retail Models, Food & Nutrition Education, Transportation, Urban AgricultureUrban Agriculture: What if all apartment complexes dedicated “greenspace” to community gardens to help provide supplemental fresh food to tenants? ... Read More
Co-op store + Bus + App
Alternative Retail Models, Transportation, Urban AgricultureCo-op store can sell the food from the urban farm. Use the food bus to expand reach. Use the App ... Read More
Garden Tool Lending Library
Urban AgricultureTo Coordinate w/Community Gardens: A garden tool lending library staffed by volunteer retirees or non-working adults + 1 youth “intern” perhaps ... Read More
Community Garden App
Urban AgricultureName/description: Community Garden App Target customer: Community members Benefit: Virtual platform to connect, educate, and empower local gardeners and eaters Reason to ... Read More
Co-op Affordable Grocery Store
Alternative Retail ModelsName/description: Co-op “affordable” grocery store that is community-owned and operated Target customer: Low-income, limited transportation, living in a food desert The ... Read More
App
Urban AgricultureName/description: Crowd-sourced, just-in-time fresh food (meat, cheese, eggs, produce) App Purpose: “NextDoor” style donations/teaching/farm resources/Q&A / Build relationships of community Target ... Read More
Shop’N Shuttle
TransportationShop’N Shuttle Target customer: People without private transportation living in food deserts The Pitch: Reliable, convenient, free access to fresh and ... Read More
Mobile Grocery
Alternative Retail ModelsTarget Customers “Paula” – Walkers “Doug” – Retired Veteran Communities/school Extended families Benefits Mobile grocers that come to them Improving access ... Read More
Grow Your Future Program
Food & Nutrition Education, Urban AgricultureName/description: Grow Your Future Program – a high school student “urban framing” training/internship program Benefit: Access to fresh fruits and ... Read More
financing source
Urban AgricultureA “microloan” program aimed at boosting Small and New Farms: Loans up to $35,000, at an interest rate of less ... Read More
Nutrition Aid
Food & Nutrition EducationCollaboration of a group of local Registered Dietitians/Nutritionists to provide free/low cost medical nutrition therapy to underserved populations with limited ... Read More
Farmer’s Fridge vending machine
Alternative Retail ModelsStolen idea from Farmer’s Fridge: http://www.farmersfridge.com/ Why should junk food be so easy to get, but not healthy food? And who ... Read More
Last chance produce grocery model
Alternative Retail ModelsA small grocery store that partners with other local grocers, farmers and distributors to give older produce a second/last chance ... Read More
Specialy Food Pantry for individuals with severe allergies and medically restrictive diets
Alternative Retail Models, Food & Nutrition EducationAccess to available food pantries or other solutions may not equal opportunity to meet dietary restrictions for those ... Read More
Replicate Unity Garden Model
Food & Nutrition Education, Urban AgricultureCould we replicate the Unity Garden here in Indy? What Is Unity Gardens ? Unity Gardens is a 501(3)c non-profit ... Read More
Statehouse Ideas
Alternative Retail Models, Food & Nutrition Education, Transportation, Urban AgricultureTransportation Own cart Church assistance – 1/2 church 1/2 person Free transportation Drivers license support Bus stop shopping w/QR code ... Read More
Indy Food Council Ideas
Alternative Retail Models, Food & Nutrition Education, Transportation, Urban AgricultureTransportation Grow food closer to those who don’t have it “Get your drivers license” support somehow Utilization of unused or ... Read More
Education Ideas – Community
Food & Nutrition EducationVideo/examples of unhealthy foods Educate them – combination of local residents and program; teens; keep their attention Basketball and rec ... Read More
Alternative Retail Ideas – Community
Alternative Retail ModelsDouble 8 – new vendors, utilize space Fresh produce pop-up Need a solution with a sense of community Grocery delivery ... Read More
Transportation ideas – community
TransportationFrequency of bus routes – make staggered Free bus tickets Free shuttle to grocery stores w/strict rules Fix bus lines ... Read More
Holistic Nutrition
Food & Nutrition EducationTeaching youth how their food can heal and or treat their body. Having a teenager and exposing her to different ... Read More
Community garden app
Urban AgricultureWhen volunteering with a community garden, it can be difficult to coordinate efforts, especially when volunteers work whenever they have ... Read More
Cafe w/Kid Chefs-in-training
Alternative Retail Models, Food & Nutrition EducationI saw something where they had a cafe that they trained people to be prep chefs and things like that. ... Read More
Pay What You Can Reclaimed Food Diner
Alternative Retail Models, Food & Nutrition EducationThe pay what you can restaurant would primarily use reclaimed and donated food to provide sit down family style meals. ... Read More
Food Resource Guide
Food & Nutrition EducationWhat if we created an annual “food resource guide” that was published and copies left at local community centers, churches and libraries? ... Read More
Coordinating Sourcing in the International Marketplace
Alternative Retail ModelsThe International Marketplace has the highest grocery store density in Indianapolis, but most of the grocery stores specialize in particular ... Read More
MEET
Alternative Retail Models, Food & Nutrition Education, TransportationMEET = Mentoring, Equipping, Education, Transportation Many teens living in low-income areas have a hard time getting their drivers license, ... Read More
Volunteer “UBER”
TransportationI have long envisioned a transportation service offered for free or a very minimal charge (comparable to bus service) by ... Read More
Cooking Matters Classes
Food & Nutrition EducationThe Indy Hunger Network is partnering with the Marion County Department of Health, YMCA, and Top Ten Coalition to teach ... Read More
Public Private Partnerships
Alternative Retail ModelsWhat it Is The California FreshWorks Fund is a public-private financing program that invests in grocery stores and other forms ... Read More
App for Community Gardens
Food & Nutrition Education, Urban AgricultureWhile community gardens are a great way for kids and their families to learn about healthy eating and grow their own ... Read More
Community Gardens reaching kids
Food & Nutrition EducationThere was a recent article in Guideposts and also the WSJ on the Randolph Community Gardens. It is a beautiful story ... Read More
Affordable Meal Kits
Alternative Retail Models, Food & Nutrition EducationTaking from the idea from the MLK session under local buying ideas Use the Blue Apron model to create affordable meal ... Read More
Food bus!
Transportationpurchase a few retired school buses to provide transportation for people to get from food deserts to stores. While on ... Read More
Healthy After School Care Curriculum
Food & Nutrition EducationImplement healthy food and nutrition practices in already existing after school care (YMCA, AYS) Focus in low socioeconomic areas Pull ... Read More
Transportation Assistance
TransportationProvide a general credit to EBT/Snap assistance users for transportation to grocery providers. This credit could be used in partnership ... Read More
Hitchhiking for food
TransportationA person, the rider, in a food desert notifies an app that they are looking to go to the grocery ... Read More
Food Ministry Network
Urban AgricultureUtilizing volunteers from local companies, similar to United Way or Habitat for Humanity model, launch an urban/community garden in partnership ... Read More
Healthy Corners (Washington DC Model)
Alternative Retail ModelsIdentify convenience stores in food desserts that would be able to take on providing produce to their community. They could ... Read More
The Food Artery
Alternative Retail ModelsThe Food Artery is a collection of publicly stationed Kiosks that provide food-insecure people with a real-time updated list of ... Read More
Create a Social Enterprise Hub in Indy
Alternative Retail Models, Transportation, Urban AgricultureAs a city, we need to be better able to support the development of entrepreneurial efforts to combat social issues. ... Read More
Urban Food Systems with UIndy and Community Health Network
Alternative Retail Models, Food & Nutrition Education, Urban AgricultureUniversity of Indianapolis is poised to combine the student-centered work and community focus of Health Sciences, Nursing, Center for ... Read More
Healthy Food Preparation
Food & Nutrition Education, Urban AgricultureHost sessions on healthy food preparation and how to save for the future when food is in abundance. Why might ... Read More
South Indy Quality of Life Plan
Food & Nutrition Education, Urban AgricultureSoIndy QoL plan is looking to partner with community members/business who have land that could be used for urban agriculture. ... Read More
Daily Table format
Alternative Retail ModelsTaking from the model of The Daily Table, a non-profit grocery store in Massachusetts that sells food waste from grocery ... Read More
Kids are teachers of change
Food & Nutrition Education, Urban AgricultureGreat example of schools teaching children how to garden is at pyramid school here in Indpls. This could be come ... Read More
Nurition Shuttle
TransportationCreate a system similar to the senior communities that provide bi wkly are monthly transportation to and from area groceries. A ... Read More
Affordable Co-op
Alternative Retail ModelsHere is a great article on “How Cooperative Grocery Stores are Bringing Food Access to Low-Income Neighborhoods.” “It’s here that ... Read More
Indoor Urban Farms (Chicago)
Urban AgricultureLink: Crain’s Chicago Nearly 7 million pounds of hydroponic tomatoes will be harvested this year from two 7.5-acre greenhouses in ... Read More
Expand Nutrition Education for Youth and Families
Food & Nutrition EducationPurdue Extension provides FREE lessons on food and nutrition for individuals and groups with limited resources in the community. Our ... Read More
Bring Augmented Reality Game to more youth
Food & Nutrition EducationLINK Ruth Lilly Health Education Center was searching for an interactive solution with a “wow factor” to get students excited ... Read More
Food plots
Urban AgricultureCould you allow the city to use empty lots who have not paid their taxes to be used as food ... Read More
Cooking Classes
Food & Nutrition EducationHost some cooking classes for the youth where they can learn about nutrition and prepare some low cost healthy recipes....
The answer is not just for the birds
Urban AgriculturePartner with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and the city to have fruit and nut tree planted at parks. You can have ... Read More
Trade is the name of the game
Urban AgricultureAssign people to grow different veggies or Fruit. Setup an assigned trade ratios or prices before the growing season and ... Read More
Urban farms
Urban AgricultureCould you have local food places agree to buy some veggies or fruit from people that grow the plants in ... Read More
Micro fruit / veggie boothes
Alternative Retail ModelsCould you do something on a micro scale like people did in india with Micro loans. Could you have a ... Read More
Cooking Classes
Food & Nutrition EducationInspire youth by teaching them simple but healthy recipes to cook that they can take home and replicate. Why might ... Read More
Create a CCFI Network
Alternative Retail ModelsWhat if we expand the concept that Kheprw Institute is doing with their Community Controlled Food Initiative (http://kheprw.org/ccfi/) to multiple locations, ... Read More
Local Buying ideas
Alternative Retail ModelsHow might we create affordable ways for people to buy healthy food in the areas where they live? Grow your own ... Read More
Empowering Youth ideas
Food & Nutrition EducationHow might we empower youth to inspire healthy eating in their families? By telling parents how important it is for ... Read More
Transportation ideas
TransportationImproving PUBLIC transportation: Bus stops closer to store Bus drop off needs to be near Walmart front entrance (not across the ... Read More
Urban Farm ideas
Urban AgricultureHow might we START urban farms? Start a seed donation program with farms A way (website?) to rent out extra ... Read More
DIY Vertical Garden
Urban AgricultureDesigned by SPACE10 as part of the Ikea Lab idea development program, the Growroom is an open source vertical garden. Described by ... Read More
The Growroom — Cities can feed themselves through food producing architecture
Urban AgricultureIn Indy, we often hear that it’s hard to reach healthy food without access to transportation. But here’s a way ... Read More