Homeless Garden Project
Description
http://www.homelessgardenproject.org Our program offers homeless trainees an opportunity to rebuild and develop basic life & work skills to gain employment and to re-enter and give back to the local community. Trainees in the program:
Take advantage of transitional employment in the safety of a structured environment
Learn basic life skills required for employment
Learn a variety of other marketable skills
Share four hot meals a week with staff, other trainees and volunteers
Give to the community by growing food for other programs that serve homeless and needy populations
Grow organic fruit, vegetables and flowers for the SC community through the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program
Educate students and other groups who use the garden
Create value-added products from farm grown materials which are sold at the Downtown Stores, 1001 Center Street and 1120 Pacific Ave (next to Pizza My Heart).
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facebook.comIn honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.--his inspiring life, words and dreams. And to all of us who dream of and work for justice. Thanks to On Being Studios for sharing this video.
"Dont think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there, riotous." --Rumi Neil Simmons Photography: Our farm in winter
Kevin Bayuk of Drawdown speaks about agriculture practices that contribute to solving global warming. Thanks to Kevin Bayuk, Santa Cruz Indivisible, Alta Organic Coffee & Tea Co., and our photographers, Sungkyul Kim and Kavya Iyer
Kevin Bayuk of Drawdown speaks about agriculture practices that contribute to solving global warming. Thanks to Kevin Bayuk, Santa Cruz Indivisible, Alta Organic Coffee & Tea Co., and our photographers, Sungkyul Kim and Kavya Iyer
ICYMI A Look Back at 2017: It All Begins on the Farm--A video scrapbook, photo essay and stories from trainees and volunteers
The rain has cleared, woohoo! Now you can head Downtown for our First Friday event from 5:30-8. We hope to see you there! Don't forget our Downtown store is open tonight and this weekend. Check below for hours.
Come on out to our Downtown Store for our First Friday 2018! event starting at 5:30 tonight and learn about the agriculture practices that contribute to solving the problem of global warming. One of the things you personally can do is to subscribe to a Community Supported Agriculture program. You can sign up for ours in the store and get the Early Bird price!
We're definitely stoked about this new 4-row pinpoint seeder! Especially Anthony Reyes, our Farm Manager.
Come join us tomorrow for the first, First Friday event of 2018! The new year brings new opportunities for us as a community to find solutions to situations or issues at hand. Santa Cruz Indivisible will join us! Learn about how you can take action to contribute to the solutions! Enjoy coffee provided by Alta Organic Coffee & Tea Co. and small bites created by our Value Added Enterprise Manager, Angie Smith!
Take A Look Back at 2017: It All Begins on the Farm--and join us in 2018!
Join us on January 5th from 5:30 - 8:00 PM for our First Friday 2018! event to see Kevin Bayuk, Project Drawdown Fellow, speak about the agriculture practices that contribute to solving the problem of global warming and his work with Project Drawdown. You can also purchase the book produced from the project at our store! Check out this article from Vox to find out more: https://goo.gl/4zj4cK
Thank you for a great year! Our deepest gratitude to all of you for supporting us in so many ways over the past year!
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