Retrieved from: solefoodfarms.com, Oct. 18, 2017.
1.PDF of Proposal Report
Below is the link to our Project Proposal for the move of Sole Food Urban Farm.
2. Weekly Objectives and Achievements
Week 1: Sept 18-22
Objectives:
- Make contact with our community partner and outline the components of the project and expected outcomes.
- Start on the first blog
Achievements:
- Met with our community partner Mr. Matt Johnstone, Administrative Director of Sole Food, at the UBC Learning Centre
- Clarified the objectives for the project and reciprocated expectations for each other
- Marked down important dates to set up deadlines for ourselves
- Exchanged contact information and agreed on the best method of contact
Week 2: Sept 25-29
Objectives:
- Group brain storming and creation of a project proposal
Achievements:
- Established a general outline for the project proposal and crafted the first draft to be reviewed
- Through this we were able to fully digest the information gathered from our first meeting, and construct a plan to follow for fluidity
Week 3: Oct 2-6
Objectives:
- Polish our proposal based on the suggestions made after its first review
- Collective group work on project proposal
Achievement:
- Submitted our refined project proposal
- Refinements include narrowing down concepts, detailing specific procedures, tidying and polishing the overall layout for a clean and easy to follow proposal
Week 4: Oct 9-13
Objectives:
- Phone our community partner to run over the project proposal, outline story board
- Start on the second blog
Achievement:
- Began story board outline
- Completed the second blog in a timely manner
- As it is midterm season, the team got together and divided up the responsibilities to speed up the completion of the assignment
3. What? So What? Now What?
What?
The most significant moment in our project so far has been the creation of our project proposal, as it has both forecasted the dynamics and efficiency of our group, while allowing us create an initial timeline and narrow the focus of our final report. From the beginning of our project proposal, our LFS 350 group had no difficulties collaborating together to formalize multiple viewpoints and perspectives into one cohesive message. However, our project has many potential aspects that we could choose to cover, and it was very important to identify only a few main factors to focus on in our final report, and to highlight the interviews that will be the most beneficial to our topic.
So What?
All group members have brought, in one form or another, unique and insightful perspectives for the project. This has allowed for easy communication and dialogue amongst peers resulting in a more productive and efficient work. Tutorial exercises such as “tell a story as a group” have really strengthened our ability to work together and contributed to general group cohesion. The highlighting of our main themes has allowed us to maximize efficiency and time, and prevented us from losing focus or attempting to cram excessive information into our reports. It has also allowed us to identify who we will be interviewing, and has helped us begin to formulate questions for them. We believe that this progress will help greatly in the busy upcoming weeks in which we will be conducting interviews, filming, editing and balancing other course work.
Now What?
One small problem our group faced from the beginning and is facing us still, has been to get in contact with our busy community member. However, we understand the complexities and inherently busy nature that a large Urban farm like Sole Foods creates. Despite setbacks, morale remains high among the group with anticipations of interviews around the corner, and a chance to view local governance at City hall on the 17th of October. We remain optimistic and prepared for challenges in the foreseeable future of this project. Our group has successfully created a comprehensive proposal, which outlines the work that we have to do over the following weeks, and gives an idea of the dates and timeline of our project. Currently the group is behind on our story board; however, we hope to finish the midterm season and start work on the story board immediately.
4. Our Upcoming Objectives and the Strategies We Will Use to Obtain Them:
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Objective 1: Get footage and interviews of the City of Vancouver permits and land lease procedures.
Strategies:
-Collect the filming and recording equipment from the Land and Food Systems faculty (one camera, and audio equipment)
-Travel to Vancouver city hall (Oct. 17th, 2017)
-Distribute our consent forms (created by Spencer, Oct 4th,2017) for filming and interviewing
-Film the hearing of the Sole Foods Street Farm land lease and permit approval
Objective 2: Interview members affiliated with Sole Foods (before move).
Strategies:
-Collect the filming and recording equipment from the Land and Food Systems faculty (one camera, and audio equipment)
-Travel to the farm
-Distribute our consent forms (created by Spencer) for filming and interviewing
-Conduct the interviews with 3 members of the farm (will first collaborate with Matt Johnstone to identify which members are best to speak to). Yev will select and make contact with the interviewees before-hand.
Objective 3: Get footage of the current setup and location of the farm (before move).
Strategies:
-Collect the filming and recording equipment from the Land and Food Systems faculty (two cameras, and audio equipment)
-Travel to the farm
-Distribute our consent forms (created by Spencer) for filming and interviewing
-Collect footage of the farm; focus on the structures, the location, the irrigation, and the soil
Objective 4: Document the day of the move (the move).
Strategies:
-Collect the filming and recording equipment from the Land and Food Systems faculty (two cameras, and audio equipment)
-Travel to the farm (November 24th, 2017)
-Distribute our consent forms (created by Spencer) for filming and interviewing
-Collect footage of the move; what vehicles are used, how was the farm disassembled; what steps were taken; where is the new farm going; what steps were involved in the reconstruction
Objective 5: Interview members affiliated with Sole foods; how has this move affected them (after move).
Strategies:
-Collect the filming and recording equipment from the Land and Food Systems faculty (one camera, and audio equipment)
-Travel to the newly relocated farm
-Distribute our consent forms (created by Spencer) for filming and interviewing
-Interview the same 3 members of the farm as before; focus on how the move went; how they feel about the move now that it has happened. Yev will make contact with the interviewees before-hand.
Objective 6: Edit the footage collected and compile into a video.
-Once all of our footage is collected, we will as a group determine which clips to use
-The video will follow a chronological order: before move –> during move –> post move
-editing will also be done as a group; majority being done by Spencer and Andy as they both have a background in photography and videography