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Ithaca (NY) Rotary Awards Grant to Rancho Mastatal of Costa Rica, an MI Greenhouse Initiative<\/a><\/h2>
February 26, 2024<\/div>
The Ithaca Rotary Club has awarded two $5,000 grants to nonprofit groups in Kenya and Costa Rica for projects that will tackle climate change. In Costa Rica, the Mastate Charitable Foundation is developing a family-run fruit tree and vegetable farm that demonstrates a new model for food production, which reduces the reliance on agricultural chemicals while drawing carbon from the atmosphere.<\/div>
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Marion Institute receives $20,000 in state grants<\/a><\/h2>
February 14, 2024<\/div>
The Marion Institute was granted $20,000 in state funding for its South Coast Food Policy Council initiative, a program that brings together food pantries, farms, foundations, and social service agencies to promote food security. <\/div>
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Sippican Third-Graders Plant Garlic and Clover Through First Grow Education Farm-to-School Program<\/a><\/h2>
December 5, 2023<\/div>
This is the first year that Grow Education Farm-to-School program has come to Sippican School. Earlier this year, Sippican Elementary School\u2019s third-grade students were visited by special guest Nate Sander of the Marion Institute for an outdoor lesson about general gardening practices.<\/div>
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Marion Institute says SouthCoast food insecurity is rising. Here’s what they’re doing.<\/a><\/h2>
November 27, 2023<\/div>
The Marion Institute's Southcoast Food Policy Council is ringing the alarm to raise awareness that, despite things being relatively back to normal, food insecurity in the region never went anywhere.<\/div>
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Marion Institute’s Grow Education program engages Wareham Elementary Students<\/a><\/h2>
November 27, 2023<\/div>
Grow Farm-to-School connects students and schools to agricultural education and locally grown, nutritious food. Under the program, the schools build raised-bed agricultural gardens, which are used for instruction on science, food, nutrition, the environment and more. <\/div>
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\u2018Half of our shelves are empty\u2019: Hunger is rising on the South Coast, but pandemic emergency funds for food pantries are gone<\/a><\/h2>
November 22, 2023<\/div>
About 66,000 people in Bristol County are turning to a food pantry for help per month, an increase of 23% from a year ago<\/div>
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Community Youth Empowerment Group held its fourth annual Trunk-or-Treat event Oct. 28.<\/a><\/h2>
October 31, 2023<\/div>
It was a bright and beautiful Saturday when the Community Youth Empowerment Group held its fourth annual Trunk-or-Treat event Oct. 28. According to Events Coordinator Darien Fernandez, the organization began holding the event following the Covid pandemic when kids were still unable to go door-to-door.<\/div>
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Sippican School students to participate in outdoor classroom program<\/a><\/h2>
July 31, 2023<\/div>
Young gardeners will be able to explore, learn and grow with Sippican School\u2019s outdoor classroom program this fall. Students will learn first hand about earth science, agricultural sustainability and nutrition in the school\u2019s garden classroom as part of the Marion Institute\u2019s Grow Education program. <\/div>
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