Grow Education News

What’s Growing On? February 2020 News from Grow Southcoast

February 18, 2020

Why is the work that we do important?... and how will it leave a lasting impact for our community? The reality of food inequality in our region...

What’s Growing On? January 2020 News from Grow Southcoast

January 21, 2020

Grow Education has an exciting year ahead as we look into 2020! With all the momentum built in our Farm to School project we are moving full steam ahead in our partnership with New Bedford Public Schools...

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!