#FreeTheFoodDashboard
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC), Central Los Angeles: 
​Scott Oshima (JACCC) and Amy Honjiyo (Zenshuji Soto Zen Mission)
Facebook: @DiscoverJACCC;  Instagram:JACCC_LA; Twitter: @JACCC_LA
​a part of Sustainable Little Tokyo
What?
From LA Food Waste Grant Challenge:
  • Project Description: The Sustainable Little Tokyo Bokashi Compost Project is threefold: educate Little Tokyo residents and food businesses about food waste and its impacts; demonstrate Bokashi and organic waste composting to reduce food waste; and host community gatherings at composting sites to share skills, challenges, progress updates, and compost uses. 
Sankey diagram: weighted flows
Quote
"These are designed as opt-in smaller groups, part of the broader Sustainable Little Tokyo initiative - an arts, cultural, environmental, equitable and sustainable green initiative." - Scott Oshima
This is a new habit - sorting food scraps into a separate bucket on the kitchen counter. Everyone will need to be conscientious." - Amy Honjiyo
"We are identifying garden sites and/or container planters to receive Bokashi compost for each of the 5 sites." - Amy Honjiyo
Pics
WordCloud
Metrics
Formal metrics from the field, as per 30 days in of 60 day project window:
Basic metrics from the field, including:
  • Bokashi recipe
  • Quantitative (HomeKitchen): # of participants + length of Bokashi project + pounds of food per 2-gallon bucket * # of weeks + pounds of compost
    • Teramachi
    • Casa Heiwa
  • Quantitative (CommunityKitchen): pounds of community kitchen food scraps  + length of Bokashi project + pounds of food per 2-gallon bucket * # of weeks + pounds of compost
    • ​JACCC
    • Zenshuji Soto Mission
    • Hompa Hongwanji
  • Quantitative (Sustainable Little Tokyo): # of participants in Bokashi expert sessions with demo + number of sessions + length of Bokashi training project + length of Sustainable Little Tokyo Initiative
  • ​Qualitative (All sites): % participants aware of food scrap waste problem at sign-up, e.g., local/state/national/global sustainability & ZeroWaste initiatives + Bokashi as Japanese cultural practice for soil-building 
  • Continuity & Replication for HomeKitchens: # of participants who want to continue after 1st session + # of new sign-ups  after community story-telling & demo celebrating 1st sessions
Resources
Resources
Tags
#FreeTheFood, #FreeTheFoodDashboard
​Mission