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Recycle in Your Yard Tue, February 09
Discover 101 neighbor-friendly ways to compost and “grasscycle” to save money and connect to the environment. An Eat Local Kalamazoo event. -
Know your local eateries and their specialties. Thu, February 25
Learn about Kalamazoo's own unique flavors, menus, and events. (2:00 pm & 6:30 pm) -
Getting the Most Nutrition from your Food. Wed, March 10
Learn how to maximize the benefits of what you eat by attending this panel discussion with a registered nutritionist and food experts. Free! (1 - 3 pm )
Growing Matters Garden Program
The Growing Matters Garden program provides hands-on learning opportunities for local youth and the larger community at our urban gardens.
Students put their hands in the soil and understand where their food comes from, how great it tastes right from the garden, and why growing organic is so important.
The Growing Matters Garden program currently has two garden sites. Our main site offers 6,000 square feet of growing space just north of Kalamazoo. Our second location is the Roots of Knowledge garden at Woodward Elementary School.
At both sites, we focus on growing vegetables (using sustainable, organic practices), but we also have areas for herbs, strawberries, and annual and native flowers.
A portion of the produce from our gardens is sold at the Bank Street Farmers' Market and the People's Food Co-op.
- can-do kitchen
A licensed facility for new & existing food businesses, local-produce processing, and job training.
- Growing Matters Garden
Kids get their hands dirty, and learn a lot, with our multi-site gardening project.
- Future Chefs
Teens cook? From scratch? Check out this cool summer program.
- Eat Local, Kalamazoo!
Learn how, where and why to eat local in our series of presentations and events.
- Farms to K College
Students and community partners are bringing more local food into the cafeteria at Kalamazoo College.
- Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest
Celebrate local food, local farming, and sustainable living with great speakers, music and more.
- Kalamazoo Area Food Systems Inventory
A ground-breaking assessment of the food system in our community - find out why.
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Fair Food Film Festival
Exploring where our food comes from and why it matters.