Category Archives: Blog

Plant Sales a Success!

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Thanks to everyone who bought plants at our plant sales these past two weekends! We sold out of almost everything (a few tomato plants are left, let us know if you want them!) The funds we raised will go toward … Continue reading →

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May in Middleton

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

As we always seem to say, a lot has happened with SoS Middleton since our last blog entry! Last week, Growing Food and Sustainability was awarded our very first grant, and then two more within the week!  We were one … Continue reading →

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Our video debut!

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Check-out the cool video that our friend Nathan filmed all about Growing Food and Sustainability!

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Start your seeds in the MHS greenhouse this spring!

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

This spring, Growing Food and Sustainability has been doing a lot of work in the MHS garden and we have programmed the greenhouse so that it is up and running and growing beautiful seedlings!  Our program only needs to use … Continue reading →

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Gardens and Greenhouse in Action

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

It feels great to finally have our hands in the dirt!  We have had a busy month in Middleton beginning work in the high school greenhouse and garden site.  On the 19th and 20th, we kicked it off with our … Continue reading →

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Summer of Solutions Middleton gets $4,000 to train new youth leaders!

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

This is pretty amazing!  Grand Aspirations was awarded $60,000 this week through two separate grants.  Summer of Solutions Hartford won $10,000 through the Connecticut Health Justice competition, which will completely fund their summer program! The Grand Aspirations Minnesota Hub was … Continue reading →

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You’re Invited to Our First Potluck and Garden Workday!

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Saturday, March 24th from noon-4pm Middleton High School garden site on North Avenue Come get to know more of the great people involved with Growing Food and Sustainability and eat some delicious food at our potluck at noon.  After we’re … Continue reading →

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We’re in the Middleton Times-Tribune!

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

Take a look at our article published this week!

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Expanding Team, Expanding Solutionary Vision

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

This month has truly been one of expansion!  The network of people working together to make Growing Food and Sustainability a reality is growing everyday, as is our vision for a youth-led, community-based sustainability program.  We are reaching out to … Continue reading →

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Inspiration Abounds!

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

We (Natalie and Gabrielle) just returned from a 5-day regional training in Chicago organized by Grand Aspirations and man, was it awesome!  We met and became friends with fellow Summer of Solutions program leaders from the Twin Cities, Detroit, Iowa … Continue reading →

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