Creating Community Consulting: Digital Marketing & Branding, Website Design
Line of work: Digital Marketing & Branding, Website Design Contract Length: 6 months Details: Developed a branding guide for Creating Community Consulting (CCC), marketing collateral, such as report templates, powerpoint presentations, letterhead, business cards and thank-you cards. This guide was then used to inform the full build-out of the Creating Community Consulting website, hosted on […]
Grant Writing (Local Food Purchase Assistance Grant Writing UMN) – University of Minnesota
Client: University of Minnesota Center for Family Development Line of work: Grant writing Details: Mezclada worked in partnership with the University, PRAIRIE, and Great Plains Food Bank staff to craft a winning grant proposal to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture for their Local Food Purchase Assistance Program. This required several scoping and working calls, originally […]
Transcription Services: Wholesale Readiness Training
Line of work: Transcript Writing Details: Developing and editing transcripts of 8 recorded online sessions as part of a Wholesale Readiness Training designed to help farmers expand their markets to wholesale. This involved identifying the correct software to develop transcript drafts, formatting for easy access, developing a table of contents for each session, and reviewing […]
Grant Writing for Small Farms: PRAIRIE
Client: Prairie Rose Agricultural Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (PRAIRIE) Line of work: Grant Writing Details: Collaborating with co-owners of PRAIRIE to submit four grant proposals over three months, two of which proved to be successful. This included the USDA Beginning Farmer Rancher Development Program and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Food Justice Fund, bringing more […]
Website Design: Resilient Moorhead
Line of work: Website design and Positive Community Norms messaging campaign Details: Website design and copywriting support starting from scratch using Wix for community-based coalition of 21 member organizations. Worked with coalition liaison to turn copy into web pages. Added unique plugins specific to client needs. Key Skills: Website design, copywriting, collaboration, communication, attention to […]
Sponsorship Campaign Marketing Materials: Hiddosoor
Line of work: Fundraising Materials Design & Website Maintenance Contract Length: 8 months Details: Mezclada was contracted through Creating Community Consulting to assist in designing a set of sponsorship materials including a brochure, a powerpoint deck, and a webpage on Hiddo Soor’s existing website. Revisions were also made to existing pages. The contract was later […]
Regional Food Systems Planning: PartnerSHIP 4 Health
1st Contract length: 11 months Line of work: Facilitation, project management, intern supervision, team management Details: PartnerSHIP 4 Health received funding from an area foundation to create a regional food systems plan, which stemmed from a regional planning process called the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, and successful local efforts at merging economic development with local […]
Innovating CPG: Alisa Knapp’s Vision for Sustainable Food
In this episode of The Transcendent Farmer podcast, Emily Reno interviews Alisa Knapp about her unique journey from a Zen Buddhist meditation center and organic farm to a career in CPG innovation.
37 razones por las que deberías mudarte a Costa Rica
¿Fue un buen gancho, verdad? Realmente me encuentro menos de 48 horas antes de salir del país y me siento mucha inspiración para escribir un poco sobre las cosas para llevar que he tenido. Saliendo de Costa Rica por un par de meses, es realmente increíble el amor que me siento y la red que […]
10 Tools To Help You Follow Through On Your Goals
One of the things that comes up a lot in my work is this theme of ‘accountability’. Whether I’m talking with farmers, fellow entrepreneurs, or colleagues with my consulting projects, it can be the biggest source of support and also one of the biggest gaps that we have. And not for lack of desire, but […]
