Urban Food Harvest and Bike-Ride, Oh My!

Have you heard of the Greenhorns? They are an awesome grass-roots non-profit that are all about promoting and supporting the new generation of young farmers. Check out their website for more information about the great things they are doing.

One such great thing is happening right here in Somerville! On May 14th from 12-6pm The Greenhorns is hosting a foraging bike-ride followed by a screening of their documentary “The Greenhorns”. What is a foraging bike ride you say? We’re glad you asked. It’s a bike ride in which a group of people forage for food growing along the bike route. This particular trip will be dedicated to finding Elderflower in the Boston area.

Check out the details on the poster------>

Following the ride will be a screening of the Greenhorns documentary which will include local beer and food. Yuuummmmm!

Green City Growers Just Got Greener!

Here at Green City Growers we strive to do business in an environmentally responsible way.

We source organic seeds, and practice organic growing from compost to pest control. Now we’ve found a new way to reduce our environmental impact while increasing the quality of our service. We’re happy to announce that we are now working with Read Custom Soils in Canton, Ma. Through Read we receive soil in reusable bags which are sent back to Read and promptly reused. As you can imagine, this greatly reduces the waste of throw away bags. After all, we go through a lot of soil here at GCG!

We’re also happy that this new source is more local than our old supplier in Vermont and that they mix the soil for us, which reduces the prep time here at the office, making our lives easier through the busy spring season.

We have many new exciting developments in the works. Stay tuned for more updates from your friendly neighborhood backyard farmers!

Local and Educational Resources

Hi! If you heard Jessie Banhazl speak at the American Heart Association's Go Red luncheon, or you are just interested in learning more about where to get local, healthy food, the history of the US food system, of how to grow your own, see below for resources recommended by Green City Growers:

Reading (Current Food Issues):

"In Defense of Food" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

"Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" By Barbara Kingsolver

"Eating better than Organic" by John Cloud, Time Magazine (Click HERE for article)

Watch:

"Food, Inc" (it's available on Netflix Streaming!)

"Fresh"

"King Corn"


Reading (Growing your Own):

"All new Square Foot Gardening Method" by Mel Bartholomew

"The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener" by Eliot Coleman

"The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year-round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses" by Eliot Coleman

"Gaia's Garden: A guide to Home-Scale Permaculture" by Toby Hemenway

"Lasgna Gardening: A new Loayering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!" by Patricia Lanza

"The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields." by
John Jeavons

High-Quality Seeds:

High Mowing Seeds (Vermont)

Johnny's Seeds (Maine)

Find a Local Farm, Farmer's Market, or CSA:

www.Localharvest.org

www.Farmfresh.org

You are also welcome to ask GCG for advice! Email us at greencitygrowers@gmail.com