community-accessible Food Forest and the faith that it would be an appropriate solution to larger environmental problems, and be an effective educational tool. Figure 3. Food Forest description Figure 4. Food Forest perceptions From our survey, we also learned that most Saratoga Springs residents do not produce any of their own food. For the question “I grow ____% of the food consumed for myself and my family” the mode was 0, and other results were negligible (between 1%-5%), except for outlier respondents who reported 71%, 25%, and two who reported 20%. By learning permaculture practices through volunteering and becoming involved with the Saratoga Food Forest, Saratoga
meeting space will be especially needed for the initial steps of planning and designing. The Stonequist community room would be an excellent place to host a design charrette. Involving Stonequist residents in the design process early on is important to show that this project truly belongs to them and the community. Paul Feldman further mentioned that “there are some people [at Stonequist] who love to be the boss of things, so you won’t have trouble with [finding leadership].” Ensuring that the decision process and future maintenance is democratic and discouraging hoarding of any harvestable good is important when working with a large group of people. Table 3. Stonequist and Jefferson Terrace Apartment Resident Council Members Individual Phone #: Ollie Wescott 518-587-2750 Susan Christopher 518-587-5476 Peter Berrios 518-258-0143 Elizabeth Lowers 518-893-2571 Bill Bloom 518- 879-7632 Kathy (?) 518-584-6600 We encourage residents and relevant stakeholders to create a detailed design schematic. A “design charrette” is a useful tool that gives residents and stakeholders the opportunity to design together, incorporating concerns, ideas and visions into a “concrete” plan and design – we
Appendix 3: Stakeholder Interview Contacts Individual Organizations/Position e-mail phone # Tom Denny Sustainable Saratoga, boardmember; Urban Forestry Project, head; Comprehensive Planning Committee, member tomdenny2010@gmail.com Casey Holzworth NYS Parks, Regional Natural Resource Steward; Saratoga PLAN, Stewardship Committee; Sustainable Saratoga, boardmember; Comprehensive Planning Committee, member casey.holzworth@parks.ny.gov ext. 152 Lisa DePiano Permaculture Designer, Teacher, Practitioner; UMass & Yestermorrow Design/Build School, professor; Mobile Design Lab, co-founder of Wendell Food Forest ldepiano@gmail.com Scott Kellogg Radix Ecological Sustainability Center, founder; Austin, Texas’ Rhizome Collective, co-founder; Ecological Designer; Teacher; Activist sk@radixcenter.org Eliza Hollister Skidmore Community Garden, manager; Skidmore Student ehollist@skidmore.edu Marilyn Rivers City of Saratoga Springs, Risk and Safety Management, Director of Risk and Safety, Safety and Compliance Officer marilyn.rivers@saratoga-springs.org (518) x2612 Susan Barden City of Saratoga Springs, Planning Department, Senior Planner (518) x2493 Glenn Herlihy Beacon Food Forest, co-founder g.herlihy@beaconfoodforest.org (206) 251
9814 Rob Curry Shelters of Saratoga (518) John Hirliman City of Saratoga Springs, Recreation Department, Administrative Director john_hirliman@saratoga-springs.org Paul Feldman Saratoga Springs Housing Authority, Director pfeldman@saratogaspringspha.org Michael Kilpatrick Kilpatrick Family Farm, co-owner info@kilpatrickfamilyfarm.com Ollie Wescott Stonequist and Jefferson Terrace Apartment Resident Council Members Susan Christopher Peter Berrios Elizabeth Lowers Bill Bloom 518- Kathy (?) Appendix 4: Interview Transcriptions Wendell, MA Food Forest Interview – 10/19/2014 JESS: What inspired you to build a garden here – how did it come into fruition? LISA DEPIANO: Yeah, Betsy Ames over there is, um, one of the leaders, and uh, visionaries of the project and um, she took our permaculture design course a few years ago and you should ask her more about that, but this was kind of – she connected some of the teachers after the course and said hey we want to do this here at Wendell and we’re gonna do it right here at the town hall so that was what kind of excited me – JAMES: Oh wait, where is the town hall? LISA DEPIANO: This is town hall. JAMES: Oh, okay! I didn’t realize that.