Winterizing and In-bed Composting at Glenwood Garden

Left: Before

A plot was filled with food waste and leaves, then covered with the soil originally in the bed. Traeshon is seeding winter rye, and the soil is mounded to his knees.

Right: After

One month later, the food waste has decomposed, leaving the bed only slightly higher than ground level. Winter rye has sprouted and the plot is winterized!

Toledo GROWs on the rise.

Toledo GROW's is becoming a prominent piece to the puzzle in Ohio. The non-profit organization is beginning to branch out through teens raising chickens, and other wildlife. Also Toledo GROWs is reaching the community through  urban teens with aspirations to succeed, another reason why Toledo GROWs is on a hot streak.

Here's a recent Blade article on our chickens and turkeys at the Oneida St. greenhouse in North Toledo.

Bowling Green Community Gardening Project

It's great to see the new blog from the community gardening effort in Bowling Green. We're eager to find out more about the people and places and ideas brewing there!

Our cities stand on a track record of collaboration. Here's to building greater momentum toward strengthening local food systems, reconnecting with neighbors and taking ownership of where we live.

Cheers.....

Video of Wayne Roberts presentation

Here is the documentation (hosted by WGTE's Knowledge Stream) of Wayne Roberts's recent presentation on green economics and sustainable agriculture at the downtown library.

Local chickens the star of tonight's Seed Swap benefit party!

Manos Greek Restaurant is hosting a benefit party for the 2010 Seed Swap from 5pm to 9pm.

Our local organic free range chickens raised at the Oneida Greenhouse will be the centerpiece for tonight's noshing! Come find out what happy chickens taste like!

Tickets are $15 at the door and benefit our nationally acclaimed event.

MSU colleague presentation on sustainable agriculture

One of the contacts we met at this summer's tour of Detroit's community gardens was MSU's youth and community food activist Anne Scott. Anne works for the C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Agriculture. Above is the Mott Group's director, Michael Hamm's, recent presentation at the Green Town Conference @ Grand Valley State University this past July on sustainable agriculture.

Salsa benefit tonight @ Wesley's!

Wesley's Bar & Grill is hosting a salsa-themed benefit for Toledo GROWs' job training program.

Local chefs including Churchill's Bill Kohlhoff, Toledo Museum of Art's Erika Rapp, The Original Sub Shop's Jackie David and Toledo GROWs staff and job training youth will provide a wide array of salsa delights culled from community garden produce!

The event is from 5pm to 8pm.

$10 minimum donation.