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Homegrown Minneapolis is a citywide initiative expanding our community's ability to grow, process, distribute, eat and compost more healthy, sustainable, locally grown foods.
June 2019
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National Pollinator Week is June 17th - 23rd!
Healthy pollinators promote healthy communities, a healthy ecosystem, and a healthy food supply. To support pollinators, over 15 Minneapolis farmers markets are distributing free Seedles during National Pollinator Week in partnership with City of Minneapolis Environmental Health Department and Homegrown Minneapolis. Seedles are balls made of nutrient rich soil and clay encasing seeds that blossom into wildflowers, providing food and shelter for pollinators.
View the participating farmers markets distributing Seedles.
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June Food Council Meeting
Wednesday, June 12th | 5:00 - 7:30 pm
5:00 - 5:30 pm Pre-meeting presentation
5:30 - 7:30 pm Food Council meeting
Red Stag Supperclub, 509 First Ave NE, Minneapolis
Meeting Agenda
Co-op Farm Tour
Saturday, July 13th | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Minneapolis Food Action Plan Topic 2 Discussion - RSVP
Wednesday, July 24th | 5:00 - 7:30 pm
East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 2nd Street NE, Minneapolis
Mark your calendars for next month's upcoming Minneapolis Food Action Plan discussion hosted by the Food Council. The focus of Topic 2 will be Diets and Community Demand. Visit the web page for more details.
RSVP is encouraged, but not required.
Missed the May 15 meeting discussion about Food Justice and Equity in the Food System? Provide your input here.
National Children & Youth Garden Symposium (NCYGS)
July 10th - 13th, 2019
University of Wisconsin Campus, Madison WI
The American Horticultural Society is hosting a three-day long symposium for educators, non-profit professionals and others working directly with children and youth in garden-based settings across the country. NCYGS will explore innovative sustainable gardening curriculum and practices, exploring “green” career resources, and highlighting model partnerships for attracting the human, financial, and intellectual capital needed to sustain youth gardening endeavors. Providing the next generation with the knowledge and tools to create a sustainable environmental future and finding ways to maintain and grow the gardens and programs that nurture youth is the focus of the 2019 symposium. Registration is now open.
Learn more about this event.
Seward Community Co-op Grant Opportunities
SEED Round-up Program
The SEED program is a simple yet powerful community giving opportunity that allows customers to “round-up” their grocery bill for recipient organizations that share the co-op's commitment to a healthy community. All funds donated at the register are given directly to the recipient organization at the end of each month.
Seward Community Fund (SCF)
SCF grants are awarded annually in the amount of $1,000 per recipient; this grant money comes directly from co-op resources.
Cycle Perks Grant
A grant of $1,000 is awarded annually to a bike-related organization as part of the co-op's commitment to positive environmental impacts through promoting alternative transportation.
Application deadline for all three opportunities: June 30, 2019
Learn more about these opportunities.
2019 Food Justice Summit Call for Co-Creation
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Environmental Justice Student Worker (ID 33110)
Hunger Solutions
Program Assistant
Midwest Food Connection
Full Time Food Educator
Part Time Food Educator
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