Bradley Elementary Farm

08/27/2015

The first tomato harvest of the season!

08/21/2015

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

07/15/2015

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

“Our young Stephanie plants 5,500 Amish Paste Tomatoes on a half acre school to feed students in Public Schools.…”

06/25/2015

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!

https://youtu.be/zZFxhsYVVJE  

06/19/2015

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

06/04/2015

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!

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…

05/24/2015

trying to find the irrigation through our covercrop!

05/09/2015

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!

04/24/2015

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.

02/18/2015

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

10/13/2014

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!

10/09/2014

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

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