Bradley Elementary Farm

The first tomato harvest of the season!

The produce denver crew topping tomatoes! We need tomatoes! Come on weather...give us an Indian summer:)

Bradley Elementary Farm was honored in the Slow Food USA weekly shout out! We planted most of the farm in Ark of Taste designated Amish Paste tomatoes. The goal of the Ark is to identify delicious and distinctive foods facing extinction and promote production to keep them on our plates. You can browse the entire list at slowfoodusa.org/ark-of-taste

Slow Food USA on Instagram: “Our young #farmer Stephanie plants 5,500 #ArkOfTaste Amish Paste... “Our young Stephanie plants 5,500 Amish Paste Tomatoes on a half acre school to feed students in Public Schools.…”

Stephen Grace has graciously:) donated this book to Groundwork Denver ! Please consider making a donation and it helps fund the youth farmers at the Denver Public School's Urban Farms!

Buy “Grow” and the proceeds go to help pay youth urban farmers on the Denver Public School Urban Farms! https://youtu.be/zZFxhsYVVJE  

Thanks all who helped today! Thank you Goodwill Industries of Denver!

Check out Stephen Grace's new book called "Grow"! Steve has been gracious enough to give Groundwork Denver copies of GROW that we will be distributing in exchange for donations to the organization.If you are interested in purchasing a copy of GROW through Groundwork Denver please contact Dele Johnson [email protected]. The money goes to helping the Denver Public Schools get more fresh food to the cafeterias!

GROW: Stories from the Urban Food Movement | Groundwork Denver A key element of Groundwork Denver’s mission is to “promote health and well-being thru community-based partnerships and action.” So that’s exactly what we’ve done, developing relationships in the urban farming movement here in Denver, getting down on the ground level of increasing access to fresh, l…

trying to find the irrigation through our covercrop!

Look at our cover crop Hairy Vetch. This plant fixes large amounts of nitrogen that helps us meet N needs, protects soil from erosion, helps improve soil tilth, and provides w**d control during its vigorous growth. This plant also increases resistance against disease for the crops we are going to plant! Yay!

Tell Your Senator to Support Farm to School Programs in Colorado Schools > Healthier Colorado Tell Your Senator to Support Farm to School Programs in Colorado Schools On April 22nd, HB15-1088, the farm to school bill, passed the Colorado House of Representatives! Now we need your help to pass the bill through the Senate and get it onto the Governor’s desk.

Colorado may pay to get more local food in schools DENVER (AP) — Colorado is pondering spending about $1 million a year for five years to put more local produce in school cafeterias.

What a great year! 77 people were hired to farm the DPS Farms! 62 of them were youth farmers:) Thanks you to all who made this possible!

Thank you Way to Grow for helping the Denver Public School Farms become a great success this year!

Urban Farming Community Impact in Colorado Produced by Advanced Media. www.advmediaservices.com Urban farming in Colorado has huge impact on our communities. This video explores Happy Belly Farm, Grou...