I have a variable, that is set in a method of an Apex class that is set as the controller of a custom VF page:

public without sharing class HomeController{
  public HomeController(){
    init();
  }
  public List<People__c> people;
  public void init(){
    people = [my soql]
  }
}

I now want to access this people variable in another Apex class - caveat being that this Apex class is the controller for a VF Component that is loaded through the Template of the same VF page. How would I go about doing this?