From: Cylvia Hayes
Sent: Fri Apr 12 21:48:25 2013
To: 'ROWINSKI Mary E * GOV'
Subject: RE: Invite: Salem's Kettle Brand Opens Employee Community Garden
Importance: Normal
Shoot. I would love to do this but I am going to be out of the area. Please let them know I’d love to participate in the future as possible.
Thanks,
C
Cylvia Hayes
First Lady of Oregon
cylhayes@gmail.com
(503) 373-7489
From: ROWINSKI Mary E * GOV [mailto:mary.e.rowinski@state.or.us]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 10:25 AM
To: 'Cylvia Hayes'
Subject: FW: Invite: Salem's Kettle Brand Opens Employee Community Garden
Love this, but it doesn’t look like you will be around.
From: Jenna Cerruti [mailto:jenna@maxwellpr.com]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 10:11 AM
To: mary.e.rowinski@state.or.us
Subject: Invite: Salem's Kettle Brand Opens Employee Community Garden
Hi Mary,
We know that the Governor has made a strong commitment to creating jobs in Oregon, and that the First Lady is also committed to the Oregon Prosperity Initiative to help end poverty and childhood hunger in our state.
We wanted to reach out because on May 1, Kettle Brand – the Salem-based natural foods company, which employs 200+ Oregonians in the Salem area, and has benefitted from Oregon’s supportive business climate for nearly 30 years – is going to be opening an employee community garden, and we would love to invite the First Lady to attend.
In addition to educating employees how to successfully grow nutritious foods and about the seasonality of raw ingredients, two of the garden’s plots will be dedicated to the local Marion-Polk Food Share (and tended to by employee volunteers) to help provide seasonal crops to community members in need and aid in the fight against hunger in the region.
I’ve included more details about the grand opening event below, but please let me know if you have questions or would like to discuss the event in more detail. We will also be inviting media to attend the event to see employees in action.
All the best,
Jenna
Jenna Cerruti | Maxwell PR for Kettle Brand
3934 SW Corbett Avenue
Portland, OR 97239
(p) 503.231.3086
WHAT: On May 1, Kettle Brand will host an opening ceremony for its 17-plot community garden, which will offer employees resources for growing fresh vegetables and provide fresh crops for the Marion-Polk Food Share. The garden, which is just the latest step in the company’s long-standing commitment to sustainable business practices, is located in a previously unused piece of property on the South side of the Salem facility. Extending its 30-year-old Natural Promise to employees, Kettle Brand will offer employee education sessions on gardening practices, the value of fresh produce and the seasonality of raw materials, like potatoes.
The opening ceremony will invite employees to begin planting crops, which will be available for purchase from local 13th Street Nursery on site at the event. The first education session will also be open for employees to learn how to get started and introduce them to the tools available, and a raffle for 10-15 garden-inspired prizes will accompany.
WHERE: Kettle Brand: 3125 Kettle Court SE, Salem, OR 97301
WHEN: Wednesday, May 1, Opening Ceremony 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
DETAILS:
Key features of the garden include:
- 17 Raised Beds
o 12, 4 by 8 foot wooden raised beds approx. 12 inches high
§ Two dedicated to the Marion-Polk Food Share
o 5, 5 by 10 foot wooden raised beds, approx. 12 inches high
- Predominantly irrigated with potable water used to cool the facility’s Bakes potato chip production line
- Covered potting/education area for teaching employees gardening practices and education sessions regarding the seasonality of raw materials used at the facility
- Three-compartment compost area for soil, compost and mulch deliveries
- Storage shed that houses tools provided by company: hoes, cultivators, garden forks, hand trowels, rakes, hand pruners, shovels, wheelbarrows, hoses and buckets
- Deer-resistant chain-link fence with access for Kettle Brand employees only
Kettle Brand’s Natural Promise:
In addition to using real, non-GMO ingredients without MSG, artificial flavors and colors, trans fats, and preservatives, Kettle Brand backs its natural promise with a commitment to sustainable business practices. Green building, renewable energy, habitat restoration, recycling and reuse make up the pillars of the company’s environmental initiatives, including:
- 616-panel rooftop solar array that reduces annual CO2 emissions by 65 tons
- Two-acre wetland adjacent to the facility that the company restored with native plants and aquatic plant species
- Kettle Brand is the first potato chip to be verified by the Non-GMO Project and currently boasts the most verified flavors in the potato chip category
- The plant is a zero-waste facility
About Kettle Brand®
Kettle Brand is a pioneer of and one of the leaders in the premium kettle-cooked category, producing six premium product lines – Original, Krinkle Cut™, Organic, 40 Percent Reduced Fat and Bakes potato chips, as well as TIAS! ™ tortilla chips. Committed to making every product with all natural ingredients and without trans fats, artificial flavors or preservatives, the brand was the first potato chip verified by the Non-GMO Project and currently boasts the most verified flavors in the potato chip category. Its products are sustainably produced and packaged in three state-of-the-art facilities in the U.S. and U.K., and distributed throughout North America, the United Kingdom, Western Europe and several countries in Asia. For more information visit www.kettlebrand.com.