BioBlog: Reducing Stress with Mindfulness
April 27, 2023
What exactly is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the everyday practice of paying attention to the present moment but without the added storytelling. Find out how you can incorporate its benefits in this intriguing and easy to follow article.
April 2023 MI Newsletter
April 27, 2023
Spring is a time for rebirth and renewal and here at the MI, we're certainly following suit! Check out April's newsletter for updates on 2 new team members as well a very special addition to the family!
Springtime Cleanup scheduled for New Bedford Elementary School’s Gardens
April 12, 2023
Mass. Farm to School (FTS) Brings Student & Community Engagement Strategies to the New Bedford Public School System on Thurs. 4/13/2023 from 3:30pm – 5pm.
Marion Institute’s Grow Education Program selected as beneficiary for Stop & Shop’s Bloomin’ 4 Good Program
March 31, 2023
Marion Institute's Grow Education Program has been selected as the beneficiary of the @StopandShop Bloomin’ 4 Good Program! Each time a $10.99 bouquet in the sleeve marked “Bloomin’ 4 Good” is purchased at the Stop & Shop at Wareham, MA during the month of April we will receive a $1 donation.
March 2023 MI Newsletter
March 22, 2023
This month's newsletter is dedicated to the incredible 18 year legacy of Angela Silva, MI's Director of Finance and Operations. We say Good Luck! but not Goodbye. Angela's work ethic, efficiency, conscientious approach, and consistently positive outlook is something we admire and are grateful to have experienced daily. It is with heavy, but very proud and happy hearts that we wish Angela well as she sets out on her new path as a women-led business owner.
What’s Growing On? March 2023 News from Grow Education
March 22, 2023
Our FoodCorps members designed a lesson to connect to the third-grade history curriculum around the Boston Tea Party which was supported by an herbal tea lesson where students were able to pick and choose the loose-leaf herbs of their choice to make their own cup of tea.
BioBlog: How Physical, Mental, and Financial Wellness Intersect
March 21, 2023
The road to financial wellness is rarely a straight line. It bends and curves, at times doubling back, depending on a multitude of factors including our income, saving and spending habits, and retirement goals. But it’s often our health — both physical and mental — that determines whether we reach our destination at all.
Job Posting: Food Corps Educator with Grow Education
March 21, 2023
Join our Team! We are looking for a Food Corps Educator with Grow Education!
BioBlog: The Weight of The World – Is Atlas Misalignment Affecting Your Health?
March 6, 2023
Atlas misalignment is when your first cervical vertebrae, the top-most bone in your spine, has shifted out of place. As little as a 1-2mm shift can make a big difference in our body, disrupting your spine, blood flow, cerebrospinal fluid flow, hormones, stress response system, and other body functions.
February 2023 MI Newsletter
February 24, 2023
February is Black History Month and our newsletter highlights the fantastic soul food lessons that Shay Brooks, one of our FoodCorps service members, has been providing to her students. There's also info about a new program for the MI – "Path of Freedom", an 11-week mindfulness-based emotional intelligence (MBEI) program for at-risk and incarcerated youth and adult prisoners. Good Stuff!
Shalynn Brooks, FoodCorps service member, Grow Education Program, highlighted on Today.com for Soul Food lesson/Black History Month
February 17, 2023
We are so proud of Shay Brooks, one of our FoodCorps service members in the Grow Education Program, for being interviewed on Today.com for her Soul Food lesson for Black History Month!
STEAM the Streets-CoBiz’s own Ben Gilbarg released A Game Changing STEAM Career App: EIN newswires Feb 2, 2023
February 3, 2023
One of our Greenhouse Initiatives, STEAM the Streets, is in the news with the engaging STEAM The Streets App! They are shifting the culture to embrace STEAM fields as a possible career path.