Brister Street Productions is generously supporting new GrowMemphis community gardens with a portion of the proceeds from Brister Fest. Support local music, support local food.
Applications for grants for new community gardens are now available to download here:
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You can email a copy of your completed application to petersochris@gmail.com or mail or hand in a physical copy to our office in the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center @ 1000 S. Cooper 38104. All applications are due by 5:00pm on January 31.
Community gardens have numerous benefits to Memphis neighborhoods, including reclaiming vacant lots, providing healthy food, fostering self-sufficiency, and creating community gathering places that improve and enrich the quality of life. That's why GrowMemphis has teamed up with Memphis Housing and Community Development to grant $5,000 in 2012 to new community garden projects.
The Farm to Table Conference provides a forum for farmers, consumers, and food entrepreneurs to discuss ideas and opportunities for developing the local food system of Memphis. We believe that a thriving local food system will connect farms to local consumers, increase healthy food consumption and stimulate economic development and job creation in Memphis and the Mid-South.
The GrowMemphis Board of Directors is excited to introduce Chris Peterson, incoming Executive Director of GrowMemphis.
Originally from Memphis, Chris has recently returned to the Mid-South after completing his Master's thesis at King's College London on the practical viability and ethical coherence of small, decentralized, sustainable food systems in a dissertation titled "Is Truly Ethical Food Realistically Possible?"
In addition to his impressive academic career, Chris has had a little dirt under his fingernails, too. As an undergraduate studying Religion and Philosophy at Christian Brothers University, Chris was a co-founder of both the CBU Social Justice Committee and the CBU Community Garden. Chris's passion for building a better food system and his love of and commitment to Memphis make him the perfect person to take the reins at GrowMemphis.
In the city, warm season crops like basil, eggplants and okra and still hanging on in community gardens, but a hard frost is knocking on our door. Although more and more people are growing greens and root vegetables over the winter, this is the season when many of us put our gardens to bed for the year. The fall of the year always leads people to ask of GrowMemphis, “what do you do in the winter?”
While it might be nice to get a four month sabbatical every year, fall and winter are actually a very exciting time for GrowMemphis. We get to turn our energies towards all kinds of things that the growing season has kept on the back burner. This time of year is dedicated to making the next growing season better for farmers and consumers alike. Let me give you some examples.
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