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 [...]
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Grant awarded to Island Grown Schools
January 31st, 2012 | by Noli | published in News | Leave A Comment »
Island Grown Schools on the Huffington Post!
January 28th, 2012 | by Noli | published in Island Grown Schools, News | Leave A Comment »
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.
School lunch update
January 24th, 2012 | by Emily | published in News | Leave A Comment »
Letter to the Editor http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/article.php?id=9231
Island Grown Schools: Planting a Seed for the Next Generation
July 13th, 2011 | by Noli | published in News | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
