Cooperative Agreement 02J05201

DESCRIPTION:FOOD LIFELINE (GRANT LEAD) WILL PARTNER WITH DUWAMISH VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY ASSOCIATION, BLACK STAR FARMERS, AND SUSTAINABLE SEATTLE TO DEVELOP AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THAT INTRODUCES BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) LOCATED IN THE SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE TO THE FOOD TO WASTE TO SOIL TO FOOD CYCLE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PRODUCTION THROUGH HANDS-ON, CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY RELEVANT ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. OUR SOUTH CITY BIODIGESTER COLLABORATION PROJECT WILL BE COMMUNITY OWNED AND CONTROLLED PROVIDING BIPOC AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AUTONOMY OVER THEIR WASTE TO ENERGY CYCLE AT THE HYPER LOCAL LEVEL, REDUCING RELIANCE ON CONTAMINATED COMPOST MATERIAL, REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND INTRODUCING IMMIGRANT AND FIRST-GENERATION YOUTH TO STEM CAREER PATHWAYS. ACTIVITIES:FOOD LIFELINE, DUWAMISH VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY ASSOCIATION (DVSA), BLACK STAR FARMERS (BSF), AND SUSTAINABLE SEATTLE (S2) WILL PARTNER TO DELIVER AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, KNOWN AS THE SOUTH CITY BIODIGESTER COLLABORATION (SCBC), IN THE SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD OF SEATTLE, WA. THE SCBC WILL DEVELOP NEW AD CAPACITY FOR PROCESSING FOOD WASTE AND DEMONSTRATE SOLUTIONS AND/OR APPROACHES FOR INCREASING FOOD WASTE AD UTILIZATION THAT CAN BE REPLICATED BY OTHER COMMUNITIES, GOVERNMENTS, OR OTHER ENTITIES. THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO BE AN INITIAL EXHIBITION DEMONSTRATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A LARGER SCALE BIOFUEL SYSTEM AND ACTING AS AN EXAMPLE OF A CLOSED LOOP 'CIRCULAR ECONOMY.' PARTNERS WILL WORK WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS TO BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WILL INTRODUCE AND INCREASE KNOWLEDGE FOR BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) IN THE SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY ON THE BENEFITS OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION (AD), CLEAN COMPOST, AND A COMMUNITY CONTROLLED CIRCULAR ECONOMY, WHILE INTRODUCING BIPOC YOUTH IN THE DUWAMISH VALLEY TO NEW TECHNICAL AND/OR PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTIES. SUBRECIPIENT:THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY PROJECT PARTNERS: DUWAMISH VALLEY SUSTAINABILITY ASSOCIATION WILL PROVIDE THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, YOUTH AND COMMUNITY NETWORK ENGAGEMENT, AND WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS AND UP TO 200 HOURS OF \CURRICULUM. BLACK STAR FARMERS WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, A BLACK AND INDIGENOUS FARMER NETWORK, UTILIZE AND DEMONSTRATE CO-PRODUCT USE, IDENTIFY OTHER BIPOC FARMS IN NEED OF EXCESS CO-PRODUCT, AND PROVIDE UP TO 200 HOURS OF CURRICULUM SUSTAINABLE SEATTLE WILL PROVIDE PROGRAM OVERSIGHT THROUGH UP TO 100 HOURS RELATIONSHIP AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT. S2 WILL ALSO PROMOTE CLASSES AND DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT TO THEIR WIDE NETWORK. OUTCOMES:THE SCBC PROJECT WILL BE AN INITIAL EXHIBITION OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY PROCESS FOR THE SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY, LEVERAGING BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY THAT INVOLVES THE AD PROCESS COUPLED WITH VERY LOW ENERGY INPUTS MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS. THE PROJECT WILL EVALUATE THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF INPUTS AND OUTPUT POTENTIALS FOR SCALABILITY IN SMALL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY USE, LEVERAGE ITS FINDINGS AND IMPACT TO ASSESS THE TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF A LARGER SCALE BIOFUEL SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY, AND UTILIZE A NEW INNOVATION IN ORGANICS CONVERSION BY DEVELOPING A LOCAL, COMMUNITY BASED, BIPOC LED FARM-TO TABLE AND BACK-TO-FARM LIFE CYCLE. THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WILL MEASURE SPECIFIC AD DELIVERABLES INCLUDING: POUNDS OF WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS AND LARGE COMPOSTING FACILITIES, NUMBER OF GALLONS OF DIGESTATES UTILIZED BY BSF IN THEIR LOCAL FARMS, AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND YOUTH INVOLVEMENT, AND NUMBER OF EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EVENTS HELD.