Aptos Community Garden Update www.aptoscommunitygarden.org By Melanie Larson We could not have asked for a more beautiful day to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Aptos Community Garden! Close to 100 people turned out to meet their new neighbors, share some food, enjoy the music by Guy Routley and plant their gardens. Surf City Growers [...]
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Our recent post on Jamie Oliver covered his acceptance speech for the prestigious TED prize. The speech says volumes about Mr. Oliver and his dream. Today we cover just a few of his achievements to date. Let’s take a look at what motivates this young chef to help so many people. James Trevor Oliver, born [...]
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Organic has been commandeered by government and now corporate food giants. Is ‘Locally Grown’ headed down the same rabbit hole?
While our President attempts to reform our shattered health care system, Michelle Obama has taken a slightly different approach. Our First Lady has made childhood obesity public enemy #1, and for good reason. Sedentary lifestyles, food choices that leave them little choice but to harm themselves, and a school lunch program that has been hijacked [...]
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Thanks to countless hours of hard work by Gene Sanden, the site for the cistern is ready to go. Capitola Pump delivered the cistern, donated by Patty Quillin, and will return with a crane to set it in place. We extend our thanks to Capitola Pump for donating their services on this part of the [...]
December was a very busy month for the Aptos Community Garden. The Rotary Clubs of Santa Cruz, Sunrise and Aptos/Capitola put in numerous days volunteering as they erected the remaining fence that will protect the garden proper. The Aptos Community Garden Board met for the first time on Dec.16, 2009. Board members include: Trent and [...]
November brought a lot of progress to the Aptos Community Garden! We have a lot of deer and other critters roaming around our neighborhood, so getting the fence up was a priority. The united power of local companies and volunteers came into play. Earth Works graded the land before Dirt Works Tractor Services dug the holes. [...]
How did we get involved with our community garden? We met Jeff and Adele Talmadge, owners of Talmadge Construction, at our city’s annual Shortest Parade in the World and Pancake Breakfast on the 4th of July this year. We were introduced by our dear friends, Kim and Pete Mansfield. Kim used to watch their son [...]
Food What?! Youth Dig In A big reason why more of us don’t buy organic food is because of the price. Of course, growing your own sustainable garden is an inexpensive option. The National Gardening Association’s recent study “The Impact of Home and Community Gardening in America” cites that a well-maintained food garden can yield an [...]
We just had our first tomato sale this weekend. We sold about 15 lbs of tomatoes, making $45 in 4 hours. It may not seem like much, but if you consider our rural location you would agree that it’s pretty awesome. Aidan was a huge help and loved weighing them, making change and asking each [...]
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