Today, Friday, February 7th, is the American Heart Association Go Red For Women Day. The staff at Green City Growers is 75% women, so we’re celebrating!
Since my first day at Green City Growers, back in May, I’ve taken away a lot more than I thought I would. Being an Environmental Science major concentrating in Geology and minoring in Mathematics and Physics, I don’t study anything outside the realms of science in school. This internship not only progressed my understanding of plant and soil science, it taught me the in and outs of how a business is run. Being a business development intern, a lot of my responsibilities include marketing, client outreach and sales; again, nothing I would learn or take a class on in school. Although I am excited to go back to classes in January at Northeastern, it has been an awesome change of pace.
You don't need to be a scientist to figure out that fresh food tastes better. There's just no comparison between the robust flavor of a hand-picked cherry tomato, still warm from the sun, and the bland taste of a tomato grabbed from the stark, fluorescent aisle of a grocery store.
Scout Somerville just released the autumn edition of its magazine, featuring Green City Growers' how-to book, The Urban Bounty: Growing Your Own Fresh Organic Produce, Anywhere, in its selection of best holiday gifts for locavores.
Whether you're looking to grow your own, or want to give a gift of learning to someone else, you can't go wrong with The Urban Bounty.
Today at Green City Growers, we celebrated National Eating Healthy Day. This is a day created to promote healthy eating among Americans and to get them thinking about making small steps towards better eating habits. Check out a video our intern Dan made commenting on healthy eating!
