Category Archives: Blog

Kids in the Garden and Community Support

It’s already been a busy month in Middleton! Kids in the Garden: We just wrapped-up our first after school program!  We had a wonderful five weeks learning about the greenhouse and seed starting, planning dream gardens, preparing the garden for … Continue reading

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GFS Launches an Indiegogo Campaign!

We just launched an Indiegogo campaign! Learn more and donate on our Indiegogo page! One of Growing Food and Sustainability’s core goals is to train and inspire a new generation of youth leaders to create their own solutions to the … Continue reading

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Meet Two of our Summer Interns!

Katie Clements  My name is Katie Clements. I have been a Middleton resident almost my entire life, and was in the Middleton Cross Plains Area School District for all 12 years. I am currently a Nursing and Ethnic Studies student … Continue reading

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Insights from the Next Generation

Hello friends, and happy (almost) spring! I’m Sara, a first-year intern at Growing Food and Sustainability. I wanted to tell you all a little bit about one of the great things I have been able to do with our team … Continue reading

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Ideas All Around

Reblogged from Solutionaries: Greetings to you all out there in blogging land!  I hope that all is going well for you this February.  In Middleton, things have been going extremely well! January 17th through February 8th has been a glorious … Continue reading

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The Badger Bioneer Spirit

The past month was full of holiday spirit and generosity, but the highlight for Growing Food and Sustainability was receiving a Metcalfe’s School Garden Leader Award at the Badger Bioneers Conference! The award included a gift of $1,000 for the … Continue reading

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Making Art and Winning Awards

Since our Garden Summer Camp finished-up in August, we have been working with the Ecology Clubs at Middleton High School and the Clark Street Community School to keep students involved in garden and sustainability education.  These groups helped us prepare … Continue reading

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Coming Together Over Food: GFS hosts two community dinners

GFS kicked off this fall with two bountiful, joyful events!  On October 15th we worked with the MHS Ecology Club to put on the 8th annual Organic Dinner.  It was really exciting because this was the first year the meal … Continue reading

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Celebrating Our First Year!

Thank you to everyone who made Growing Food and Sustainability’s first year such a success!  Please take a look below to see all that we accomplished.  If you would like to support youth garden education in your holiday giving, please … Continue reading

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Meet Middleton’s New Interns!

Even though the summer is over, here at Summer of Solutions-Middleton we are continuing to involve students in our garden project.  We are working with the Ecology Clubs at both Middleton High School and the Clark Street Community School, providing … Continue reading

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