In recent years, programs promoting more nutrional lunch programs such as Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools have worked to make salad bars available at cafeterias around the country. However, the Boston Globe recently reported that several Boston-area schools shut down their salad bars, claiming they were too expensive to maintain. While a $3.6 million deficit is significant, many advocates of the salad bars claim it is not enough of a reason to deny students access to fresh vegetables.
When I type the last word of this blog post and close my laptop, I will no longer be a Business Development Intern for Green City Growers.
Think there’s only one right way to farm in Boston? Think again! Here at GCG, we’ve found a system that works best for us but the urban farmer has an endless amount of options to customize their garden.
Installing the garden: what kind of bed will work for you?
Every once in awhile the media grabs hold of some piece of information about something shockingly gross in our everyday food, and runs with it. Remember pink slime in 2012? It should come as no surprise that almost all food in this country, processed or not, has something gross about it. And is it any wonder that we're one of the wealthiest but sickest nations on the planet? Here's some of the weirdest gross things in your food, and what you can do about it...
Green City Growers can't wait to begin the March Urban Farming Course, where we teach the skills needed to plan, plant, harvest and maintain gardens at home and in the community, and what to expect from a Boston urban garden. Think you've seen it all? Not by a long shot! We'll also spend some time teaching how to get started on a few of our favorite "Creative Crops"...
