During the month of March 2016 the primary focus for the Seed to Mouth cooking class at Willie Mays was discussing vitamins and their carriers. Relating vitamins and minerals to the food from...
Year: 2016
BEETS visit Don Fisher Clubhouse
On Thursday, March 17th, the Spring BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) visited the Don Fisher Clubhouse. Located on Fulton Street between Gough and Franklin, the new...
Yummy Greens at Plaza East
report by Crystal Jones, CommunityGrows Seed-to-Mouth Cooking Coordinator
In education, holiday calendars can be an excellent tool for planning how to organize ones curriculum, as well as...
Vision Academy Visits Alemany Farm
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, CommunityGrows Gardens Program Manager Adrian Almquist worked with youth from the Vision Academy from the BayView. Here they are weeding chard. They also learned...
Advisory Board Retreat at 18 Reasons
On March 12, 2016 our CommunityGrows Advisory Board met for a day long retreat at 18 Reasons.The retreat was facilitated by Francis Thompkins of TogetherBrave. Frances helped to orient the day,...
Lunch with Alice and Will
On March 8, 2016, CommunityGrows staff Adrian Almquist, Garden Programs Manager, and Crystal Jones, Seed-to-Mouth Cooking Coordinator had lunch with Alice Waters and Will Allen at the Edible...
CommunityGrows Joins Board Match
On Wednesday evening, March 3, 2016 the Union Square Hilton was buzzing with potential Board candidates who can to talk with over 100 non-profits. This event was sponsored by the Volunteer...
Classes at Alemany Farm
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 CommunityGrows started teaching classes at Alemany Farm thanks to a grant from Aetna Foundation Local Roots Program. Judy Jue and David Banks brought their youth...
Afterschool with Rosa Park ExCEL
On February 29, 2016 Tierra Morgan, assistant with the after-school Rosa Parks ExCEL group from the Buchanan YMCA, brought her youth to Rosa Parks Garden for their weekly after-school garden...
Cooking at Willie Mays
by Crystal Jones, CommunityGrows Seed-to-Mouth Cooking Programs Manager
During the month of February we had several exciting program meetings with youth Willie Mays Club members in the Seed...