HUNT HILL FARM TRUST INC
Positive Vibrations Always
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Cultivating healthy kids, environmental stewardship, farm relationships and the local economy. This simple concept holds great potential as a solution to two of the major challenges facing our society: concerns about the diet and health of children and the dwindling of small farms. Hunt Hill Farm is striving to provide unique food experiences from regional cuisines to the plow to table connection of food. We offer many workshops and classes that link food to health and wellness, and disease prevention while also showing the fun in learning whether a child, adult or family.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Skitch Henderson Music for Solidarity Program
Skitch Henderson Music for Solidarity Program focus on providing opportunities to unsigned and emerging artists to perform, perfect and introduce their music to new audiences around the world. The focus is to expose these artists to opportunities to live their dreams through strategic partnerships with other NGOs around the world to promote the achievement of the UN 17 SDGs and the price of admission is 1lb of non perishable food to be donated to local families in need.
Since its inception in 2003 the Skitch Henderson Music for Solidarity Program (formally known as the LivelyUp Music for solidarity tour) has worked with hundreds of artists around the world and raised over 16 million lbs of non perishable food that has been distributed to families in need.
Farm to school programs link local farms with schools
The first recreational cooking school in Connecticut, Hunt Hill Farm is striving to provide unique food experiences from regional cuisines to the plow to table connection of food. We offer many workshops and classes that link food to health and wellness, and disease prevention while also showing the fun in learning whether a child, adult or family
Cooking School
Students learn about local organic agriculture and nutrition through hands-on activities that incorporate math, science, art and writing as well as practical life skills such as cooking, gardening, problem solving, and working together.
Arts and Technology Empowerment Program (ATEP)
ATEP & ITEP (Advanced Technologies Empowerment Program; Internet Technologies Empowerment Program) provides training and professional skills for young boys and girls interested in learning immersive 3D, photography for real estate and architecture, Drone, Video production and editing, Virtual reality, graphic and web design, and Internet development as a supplement to the STEAM curriculum.
HHFT has retained multi-disciplinary experts to help develop and implement its educational program. Technology is the main tool that is used to train and teach youths about the SDGs through the Advanced Technologies Empowerment Program (ATEP) developed by Alessandro Piovezahn. The ATEP programs are implemented and supervised by a team of experts under the direction of the Henderson Cultural Center of Excellence for Youth Empowerment (HCCE). The HCCE is responsible for conceiving and establishing curricula by working closely with experts to adapt SDG training to the needs of the community as well as to ensure coordination, evaluation and quality assurance of the curriculum.
Where we work
Awards
Cooking School 2014
Best in State
External reviews
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Hunt Hill Farm has been a center of learning for over 45 years, offering public programs for children, youths and adults to nurture a deeper understanding of art, music, technology, cooking, organic farming and land use. HHF offers cooking lessons, art, music & technology programs, summer camps and special corporate events, to nurture a deeper understanding of art, music, technology and food.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Hunt Hill uses experiential learning with hands on experience to teach. For example, a 3-4 hour farm visit that includes a variety of age-appropriate lessons and activities in the field and indoors. By exposing the audience to a unique opportunity to experience the benefits of a full immersion into different areas from STEAM related classes to farm to table activities we can accomplish so much by helping develop their brains and a healthy life style.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Hunt Hill Farm has been a center of learning for over 45 years, offering public programs for children, youths and adults. Hunt Hill works in partnerships with local schools, farms and volunteers as the backbone of our organization.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Hunt Hill Farm has been a favorite gathering place for our community, chefs, musicians and artisans alike for over 45 years. high impact programs and experiences range from making the connection from plow to table for health, wellness and disease prevention, to an emerging artist program, senior yoga, and more youth programs and summer camps.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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HUNT HILL FARM TRUST INC
Board of directorsas of 11/04/2023
Mr Alessandro Piovezahn
Hunt Hill Farm Trust Inc
Term: 2020 -
Alessandro M Piovezahn
Hunt Hill Farm Trus Inc
Stewart Billmyer
Hunt Hill Farm Trust Inc
Dimitri Madouros
Hunt Hill Farm Trust Inc
Paul Valery
Hunt Hill Farm Trust Inc
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.