Grow Education News

What’s Growing On? October 2019 News from Grow Southcoast

October 22, 2019

Grow Southcoast has undertaken a formative month in building the Farm to School Project with New Bedford Public Schools. The Farm to School Project adds to Grow’s garden-based education programming—with the goal of improving school food to be healthy, fresh, tasty and local!

Standard-Times 9/8/19- School lunches a balancing act to satisfy diverse populations, loosened regulations

September 9, 2019

Marion Institute partners with the New Bedford Public Schools Food and Nutrition Services to pilot a Farm to School initiative in select schools this fall.

Southcoasttoday.com, 8/23/19: A taste of summer: New Bedford children experience farm-to-table meals

September 5, 2019

A taste of summer: New Bedford children experience farm-to-table meals Published on SouthcoastToday.com on August…

VIDEO: “W.H.Y. Eats” Provides Healthy Meals to New Bedford Summer Youth Program

August 19, 2019

"W.H.Y. Eats" Provides Healthy Meals to New Bedford Summer Youth Program

Hands-On Learning – 2019 Grow Education Planting Days

August 8, 2019

Over a series of planting day workshops, Grow Education Operations Manager Adam Davenport, along with Marion Institute Team members and volunteers, worked with students and teachers from 6 New Bedford schools to plant a variety of garden delights, such as kale, parsley, potatoes, lettuce, cilantro and much more!