Growing Matters

Have you ever heard of a food forest? I hadn’t, until reading this story from Grist.

This spring, a group of Seattle residents will experiment with a new urban food concept that they’ve been working on since 2009. The food forest will be grown on nine acres of public land owned by the Seattle Public Utilities and will include traditional community garden plots in addition to orchards and “edible arboretums.”

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The final revised nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program have been released and will begin to be implemented during the 2012-2013 school year. These guidelines are supposed to be updated every 5 years, but this is the first update since 1995—finally!

The new standards are one of five components of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and are designed to fight childhood obesity and hunger. The National School Lunch Program also provides free or discount meals to eligible students by reimbursing public schools for providing meals that fulfill requirements.

The new standards require schools to:

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*** Download a PDF version of the schedule by clicking here***

There's always something new to learn when it comes to growing and gardening—whether it's planting a tomato plant for the very first time, learning how to test your soil (and interpret those confusing chemistry results), or collaborating with your neighbors on a community garden. 

That's why we're very excited to announce a free workshop series in the upcoming months, co-coordinated with OSU Extension.

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