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Local Foods & Gardening

YES! Resources:
  • YES! Project Guide: Composting
  • YES! Project Guide: Hydroponics
  • YES! Project Guide: Planter Boxes
  • YES! Project Guide: Pollinator Garden
  • YES! Project Guide: Soil Amendment
  • YES! Project Guide: Water Conservation Plan
Other Resources:
Local Foods
  • Minnesota Grown – A directory of MN Farmers and Growers
  • Farm to School Toolkit – How Minneapolis Public Schools
    buys fresh produce from local farmers
  • Foraging in MN – Minnesota offers an abundance of native foods for people to harvest and eat
Gardening
  • Deep Winter Greenhouses – designed to limit the amount of fossil fuel it takes to grow crops during cold winters
  • Nourish Curriculum Guide – offers a rich set of resources to open a meaningful conversation about food and sustainability.
  • Edible Landscapes – Gathering and growing edible fruits and nuts
Hands-on Projects:
  • Grow herbs to cook with – Find out how to start your herb garden here! Find some of the easiest herbs to grow inside here!
  • Build a raised garden- Find step-by-step instructions here!
  • Plant fruit and nuts trees/shrubs- Find out what species are great to incorporate into your landscape here!
  • Visit a local farm or ranch- Help out and learn about what it takes to get food to our table! Find a list of MN growers here!
  • Forage for food – Did you know that in MN we have so many wild foods available at our fingertips? Find out what to forage by season; here is a great book from the University of MN Extension!
Videos:
  • Michael Pollan: Why Eat Local? (2 min)
Suggested Books:
  • Midwest Foraging: 115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Burdock to Wild Peach
  • Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
  • In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
  • The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little
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