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Food Day is a Nation wide holiday that celebrates people and the food we eat. It's efforts are to connect people back to their food e.i. where it comes from, what it is, if its in season ect. All across the nation kids are learning how to chop veggies in school, how to eat healthy and where their food comes from.

Check out GCG's Food Day video on our Facebook page and join us in making a simple Virgin Garden Bloody Mary!

Juicer - (Virgin) Garden Bloody Mary
1 C Chopped Tomatoes
1/3 Cucumber
1/2 Celery Stalk
1/2 Red Bell Pepper
1/4 Small Onion
1/4 Jalapeno
1/2 Lemon
Salt & Pepper the rim and add Herb Garnish

Living in a metropolitan city like Boston, many people don’t reside in areas that have immediate access to garden space and if they do, it’s in a place with contaminated soil that makes growing difficult and unsafe. More and more gardens have been popping up in unused area around the city, from alleyways to rooftops. Now imagine if these gardens not only beautified the city, but provided another essential use; imagine they provided an access to locally grown vegetables too!

This is exactly what Whole Foods is doing in Lynnfield, Massachusetts with the help of Green City Growers and Recover Green Roofs. Now, the patrons at this super market have the option to purchase their “regular” produce, or produce that was grown locally… so local in fact, it is actually grown on the roof above their heads! Completed in August, Whole Foods Lynnfield opened to the public, offering them raw

For all of October, Green City Growers is offering our unique cold frames at a 5% discount. Combine your cold frame with the purchase of one of our raised beds, and enjoy 10% off your whole purchase! To celebrate this offer, we’ve compiled the top 4 ways a cold frame can change the way you garden.

1. Overwinter cold-hardy crops.

“Will you have a part in victory?” was an important question posed twice to the American people in the first half of the 20th Century; in 1917 during World War I and again in 1939 during World War II. A national campaign was launched promoting the cultivation of available private lands to increase local food production thereby greatly reducing shipping costs and helping the war effort. The Great Wars may be over, but the many benefits of “Grow your own!” are applicable today more than ever. So applicable in fact, one New England town teaches gardening to every 3rd grader as part of their “Be Healthy Beverly” initiative. 5 great reasons to grow your own:

Although berries can take a few years to get going, the wait is worth it. Once you've developed a berry crop, you can harvest from the start of summer, to well into the fall. There's really nothing better than having several months' worth of fresh-picked berries from a backyard garden.