Accepting Bridge Cards at MI Farmers Markets Workshops. Thur, March 18
Cooking Class: Gluten-Free Desserts Mon, April 19
Food Sensitivities, Allergies, and Integrative Medicine Wed, April 21
Growing Matters Garden Program
Volunteer Opportunities with the Growing Matters Garden Program
Volunteers are a very important part of our educational gardening program! If you are interested in volunteering, there are many ways you can help, including:
- Community Volunteer Night
- Master Gardener Opportunities
- VolunTeen Opportunities
- College Student Internships
Community Volunteer Night
Come lend a hand, meet new people, and learn about organic gardening at our community volunteer nights.
Join us at our main garden (2119 N. Westnedge) every Wednesday evening, May through September. We gather and garden from ~6:30 - 8:00 pm. Family, friends, and neighbors are welcome to join us, too!
Master Gardener Opportunities
If you are a Master Gardener working towards basic certification or recertification, you can count the time that you volunteer with Growing Matters Garden as personal choice hours.
For details about our Master Gardener volunteer opportunities, please visit the Kalamazoo County Master Gardener website.
VolunTeen Opportunities
The Growing Matters Garden program is proud to work with the Volunteer Center of Greater Kalamazoo to offer volunteer opportunities for local youth. Area teens are welcome to help as a garden teacher assistant, garden maintenance assistant, or farmers' market assistant.
To learn more, please contact us or visit the Volunteer Center of Greater Kalamazoo website.
College Student Internships
We strive to create opportunities to learn and grow at our urban educational gardens. Every year, the Growing Matters Garden program provides engaging and valuable work experience for college students through our Garden Internship positions. Although our 2009 internship application period ended in April, you can download a copy of our internship description and application package or email for more information.
- 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.
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Fair Food Film Festival
Exploring where our food comes from and why it matters.