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East Palo Alto celebrates community and health at farmers' market

wolfram — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:53:33 -0700

Shopping for vegetables is rarely cause for celebration, but East Palo Alto's new farmers market has been so long in coming that it deserved the balloons and 10-piece welcome band it got on Sunday.

Collective Roots Community Garden Work Day in July

wolfram — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:48:38 -0700

Start: 07/26/2008 - 8:00am

Timezone: Etc/GMT-8

Please join us for our next monthly Community Garden Work Day on Saturday, July 26th, from 8 AM-12 noon in the Collective Roots garden located at East Palo Alto Charter School, 1286 Runnymede Street, East Palo Alto. Click here for a Google Map to this location. If you have any questions about this event, please email Eron Sandler by clicking here or by calling (650) 324-2769.

About Collective Roots

msjones — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:13:34 -0700

The mission of Collective Roots is to engage youth and communities in food system change through sustainable programs that impact public and environmental health.

We accomplish this by working with youth and adults to design and sustain organic gardens for learning and healing, offering nutritional education, and providing project based education that is integrated into the core needs of schools, communities, and environments.

Se Necesita de una Comunidad Para Desarrollar un Sistema Alimenticio

wolfram — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00:51 -0700

Durante el trayecto de nuestras vidas nos encontramos con momentos mágicos y con lugares de a flote que nos ayuda a renovar y obtener nuevamente las fuerzas necesarias para seguir adelante en contra de las pruebas y adversidades de la vida. Estos momentos y lugares pueden aparecer ocasionalmente tomándonos por sorpresa.

Es muy raro poder alistarse para estos sucesos… aunque esta vez si se podrá hacer el Domingo 1ero de Junio del 2008, en la gran apertura de el East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market. Será tan fácil: solo asiste y observa a tu alrededor. Se vera toda una comunidad unida tratando de aceptar el reto de cambiar sus sistema de alimenticio.

Music and Art at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market

wolfram — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:38:45 -0700

Summer Concerts at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market! Presented by the East Palo Arts Initiative, a program of FOR YOUTH BY YOUTH, in collaboration with Collective Roots.

Come enjoy the music and bask in the gentle Bayland summer breezes while getting your shopping done!

Dig in to a career creating change from the ground up

wolfram — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:04:59 -0700

Become part of an organization that is changing the education and food system from the ground up and making a difference in people’s lives. Collective Roots is leading exciting community based work that is creating systemic change in the areas of education, food systems, and the environment.

High Cost of Living and Faltering Economy are Driving People to Gardening

wolfram — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:45:15 -0700

According to a recent article in the New York Times, a growing number of Americans, “driven by higher grocery costs and a stumbling economy, have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time. Others have increased the size of their existing gardens.”

The article written by Marion Burros reports that “Seed companies and garden shops say that not since the rampant inflation of the 1970s has there been such an uptick in interest in growing food at home. Space in community gardens across the country has been sold out for several months. In Austin, Tex., some of the gardens have a three-year waiting list.”

Jazz, Tongan Dancing, Vegetables, Smiles

wolfram — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:13:48 -0700

If you haven't visited the East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market yet, then please join us this coming Sunday and see first hand what all the excitement is about. A sample of some of the fun is highlighted in the video that follows.

Collectivism in full swing at East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market

wolfram — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:16:01 -0700

The level of collectivism at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market is blossoming...and we are only in our first week of existence. Two local youth focused arts organizations, the Music and Mural Arts Project and For Youth By Youth have joined together to deliver what promises to be an exciting range of visual and performing arts at the market on Sundays through the rest of the summer. This is just one of many exciting collaborations that are unfolding within this new community space. Family farmers and local nonprofits are joining togehter to help feed the hearts, minds, souls, and stomachs of East Palo Alto residents.

Grand Opening of the East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market a Sucess!

wolfram — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:21:55 -0700

Hundreds of shoppers turned out for the grand opening of the East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market on Sunday, June 1, 2008 from 3pm to 6pm. Shoppers streamed in from East Palo Alto and surrounding communties and the there was a great turnout of farmers.