We are pleased to announce that the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources has awarded Island Grown Schools $12,000 to support efforts to bring more fresh, healthy, locally produced foods to our island school cafeterias. This grant is part of a  $200,000 granting program by MDAR to seven “Buy Local” organizations across the Commonwealth, which aims to [...]

Please check out a post by IGS coordinator Noli Taylor on the Huffington Post about corporate school food contract and the work we are doing here on the Vineyard to end corporate control of school food: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noli-taylor/healthy-school-lunches_b_1236590.html.

Island Grown Schools – Planting a Seed for the Next Generation from Film-Truth Productions on Vimeo. This 18 minute film tells the story of Island Grown Schools and its efforts to connect children on Martha’s Vineyard to local food, farming, and agriculture-based learning. In the past three years, IGS has installed learning gardens at every [...]

Musician Ben Taylor is performing at Nectar’s on Thursday July 14th, and will donate proceeds from the concert to Island Grown Schools. Ben is an incredible musician, and his concerts aren’t to be missed. He also just created the original soundtrack for our new Island Grown Schools fundraising film–what a guy! Tickets are available through [...]

July, 2011–Another school year has come to a close, and we are amazed by all that we, our students, teachers, school administrators, cafeteria workers, farmers, parents, chefs, volunteers, supporters, and you – have done together. Here are a few of our many shared accomplishments from the 2010-2011 school year: We worked with our cafeteria directors [...]