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Solid Ground names new leadership team
Gordon McHenry, Jr., Solid Ground President & CEO Solid Ground is pleased to announce that Gordon McHenry, Jr. has been named President & Chief Executive Officer. McHenry most recently served...
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Saturday, my wife, Carlyn, and I volunteered at Marra Farm as part of Bowdoin College’s Common
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Seattle Community Farm: A harvest slideshow
Seattle Community Farm panorama (all photos by John Bolivar, jbphotography.com) On one of the first cool, drizzly fall days following this year’s record-breaking dry Seattle summer, local photographer...
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November 2012 Groundviews: "Thank you for all of your help along this journey"
Groundviews is Solid Ground’s quarterly newsletter for our friends and supporters. Below is our November 2012 lead story; visit our website to read the entire issue online. November 2012 Groundviews...
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Food production to fight global warming
Editor’s note: Thanks to Amanda Horvath for this report. She currently serves as Program Outreach & Development AmeriCorps Member for Solid Ground’s Lettuce Link program. The City of Seattle has...
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Urgent: call your Senators about the Farm Bill
Clean radishes Here’s a breaking news update on the Senate Farm Bill and the latest message (from the Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition) to deliver to our Senators. Please pick up a phone to call...
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Lettuce Link transition
Editor’s note: Michelle Bates-Benetua, Lettuce Link Program Manager, announced that she will be moving on from Lettuce Link. Here are her words: Recently, on one of those delicious sunny May days, I...
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Community Report 2012: 'Breaking the cycle of generational poverty'
Solid Ground’s Community Report 2012 Hot off the press! Solid Ground’s report to our community on our 2012 work and accomplishments is now available. “Breaking the cycle of generational poverty”...
View ArticleCelebrating Marra Farm & Farmer Sue McGann
Sue McGann has grown more food for hungry people than possibly anyone else in our community. Ever. As head farmer at the Giving Garden at #MarraFarm, a major part of Solid Ground’s Lettuce Link...
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Fall Fest at Marra Farm Sept. 21
Lettuce Link invites you to come celebrate the harvest, South Park style, at the 12th Annual Marra Farm Fall Fest! Saturday, September 21, 12–3pm Marra Farm: 9026 4th Ave S, 98108 farm-fresh food apple...
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Building Community One Bite at a Time
style=”text-align:left;”>By Lisa Woo, Nutrition Educator Apple Corps Member helping at the Community Kitchens NW event at Marra Farm Happy October Apple Fans! September was a whirlwind month for...
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Nourishing healthy kids & communities
Editor’s note: This report was filed by volunteer reporter Tiffiny Jaber. In the midst of the holiday season, Apple Corps’ message couldn’t be more meaningful: teaching children about healthy eating,...
View ArticleCommunity gathering space completed at Seattle Community Farm
November 21 was a frosty morning, when work crews from Shirey Handyman Service began the two-day construction project of the last piece of the Seattle Community Farm’s infrastructure. VIA...
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June 2014 Groundviews: Growing healthy partnerships
Groundviews is Solid Ground’s quarterly newsletter for our friends and supporters. Below is the June 2014 Groundviews lead story; please visit our website to read the entire issue online. If you visit...
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40 years of healthy food & food justice
Customers in line at the Fremont Food Bank, circa 1987; the Food Bank was transferred to FamilyWorks in 1999. For more than 40 years, Solid Ground and its predecessor, the Fremont Public Association,...
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September 2014 Groundviews: ‘Sharing in the goodness’
Groundviews is Solid Ground’s quarterly newsletter for our friends and supporters. Below is the September 2014 Groundviews lead story; please visit our website to read the entire issue online. Stacy...
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New additions to Marra Farm!
The children’s shed got a makeover! If you haven’t been to Marra Farm lately, things might look a lot different next time you visit! Lettuce Link has some incredible recent additions to the farm,...
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Food Justice: What does it mean to learn it, grow it, live it?
For some, Chefs Night Out has been a longstanding tradition of food, fun and fundraising. Local food and wine enthusiasts gather for a cocktail hour, auction, and a much anticipated dinner prepared...
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Merry Mice ornaments benefit Lettuce Link!
When you buy these cute little guys at City People’s Garden Store, 100% of the proceeds go to Lettuce Link! At Lettuce Link, we’re so grateful for the support of our wider community. Every year we...
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Food justice at Solid Ground
A Concord International School 3rd grader tastes food made from fresh ingredients at Lettuce Link’s Giving Garden at Marra Farm. The term “food justice” is not only defined as access to healthy food...
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DukeEngage: The Mountain Movers
Left to right: Motin Yeung, Kyle Harvey, Kristen Bailey, Annie Apple DukeEngage is a Duke University undergraduate program that provides an immersive service experience in either a domestic or...
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West Seattle Garden Tour: Beautiful gardens support important causes
Garden lovers, save the date! This Sunday, July 19 from 9am to 5am, the West Seattle Garden Tour will offer a day-long opportunity to tour some beautiful gardens in the West Seattle neighborhood: a...
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Big Picture News: Celebrating our volunteers
Below is the Big Picture News insert from our Summer 2015 Groundviews newsletter. To read the entire newsletter or past issues, please visit our Groundviews webpage. I’m sure you’ve heard it a million...
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The Giving Gardener: Plant cover crops now for healthy veggies next year
This post was contributed by Scott Behmer, Seattle Community Farm Coordinator. This cover crop, planted winter 2014, was ready to be tilled by March 2015. Unlike veggies that we grow to feed us, we...
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Marra Farm serves with seeds, soil and sunshine
Nutrition & Garden Educator Pamela Ronson, Dani Ladyka from Apple Corps and volunteer Sarah Rehdner harvest chard at Marra Farm. Recently, I bused to the South Park neighborhood to volunteer at...
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