Donations for Play With Your Food

IAUA has partnered with the Play With Your Food program to accept donations.

The goal of the Play With Your Food program is to allow pre-teens the opportunity build, maintain and harvest a salad garden, learning about agriculture, gardening, vegetables, economic costs and benefits, soil and climate. Once each week, kids will cook a healthy, plant-based dinner for their families, learning about issues related to food.

Here are some suggestions for items the program is looking for but any donations are gratefully accepted.

Fencing Items   

• "Benners" deer fencing, 7’     $200
• Redbrand Chicken wire fence, 36” x 50’ (4)    $116
• Metal posts, 8’ (24)    $240

Gardening Tools  

• Garden PalsKids Long Handle Shovels (3)    $11.94
• Garden Palskids Long Handle Shrub Rakes (3)    $11.94
• Garden Palskids Long Handle Hoes (3)    $11.94
• Ture TemperSteel Hand Trowels (3)    $22.68
• Neverkink Commercial Hose, 75’    $36.98
• “Rain Bird” Sprinklers (2)    $30.00
• DuPont Commercial Weed Control Fabric, 4’ by 100’ (2)    $83.84
• Encore 5 Gallon Bucket    $2.78
• Utility Gardening Gloves (3 pairs)    $44.94
• Watering Cans, 2 gallon (3)    $16.44
• Seeds and Plants (peas, beans, carrots; cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, herbs)    $60 (estimate from Ithaca Agway)
• Extra Fertilizer (horse manure)    Free, donated by Kelviden Farm

Cooking Items   

• Extra cooking ingredients, at $2 per person per meal; we plan to make enough food to feed a family of four per camper on each program day; ($2 per person x 4 family members per camper x 15 campers x 6 “Play With Your Food” program days = $720)    $720 (estimate from Lara Kaltman of Cooking up Family Dinners)
• Airtight Food Storage Containers, 8 cups (15, one for each camper)    $101.25
• Other cooking supplies (pots, pans, knives, etc)

Total (SO FAR)    $1,710.73