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A Little Rain Never Stopped Late Spring Programming
April garden programming came and went in the blink of an eye. Somehow we are already two weeks in to what we refer to as our late spring...
Erin Casey
6 days ago2 min read
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Partnership Spotlight: City Floral
City Floral and SustainEd Farms have partnered together. City Floral has donated seedlings, onions and garlic for us to plant at school gardens across Denver.
Erin Casey
Apr 291 min read
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Early Spring Garden Programming is Back!
SustainEd Farms has entered into early spring programming and have seen 2,578 students thus far! Staff have been guiding students through a spinach observation and taste test in one rotation and then planting spinach and melon seeds in the next.
Erin Casey
Apr 142 min read
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Staff Spotlight: Monse!
Monse, our Bilingual Program Coordinator, is entering their second year with SustainEd Farms. Every year we have gained more staffing...
Erin Casey
Mar 314 min read
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Data Collection and Gratitude
For reporting and betterment of SustainEd Farms different forms of data and feedback are collected - sometimes that takes the form of a gift
Erin Casey
Mar 182 min read
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Huerta Urbana - Making Food Access Tangible
The answer to "where does all of the food go once you harvest it?"
Erin Casey
Mar 32 min read
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Empowering High School Students Through Hands-On Internships
DSST Elevate High School intern teaches her friend how to identify cucumbers and zucchini.
Erin Casey
Feb 183 min read
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Denver Food Vision and SustainEd Farms
In January, the city of Denver released the Denver Food Vision 2030 Progress Report for 2024. The Denver Food Vision was first...
Erin Casey
Feb 32 min read
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Combining Known Flavors with New Foods
Trying new foods can be scary or very off-putting to students. SEF introduced radishes to our students with the bonus of adding tajin.
Erin Casey
Jan 292 min read
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Nurturing Young Minds and Gardens
SustainEd Farms and Sewell partner to ensure our youngest students receive garden lessons through the Healthy Food for Denver Kids grant.
Erin Casey
Jan 202 min read
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Support SustainEd With Every King Soopers Trip
Save money and support SustainEd Farms every time you shop at King Soopers.
Erin Casey
Jan 141 min read
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How Gardening Changed Their View on Tomatoes
In 2024 the bulk of our garden programming occurred from April - October. However, SustainEd Farms also provides an enrichment class at...
Erin Casey
Jan 72 min read
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Food Deserts in Denver: SustainEd Farms is Planting Seeds for a Better Future
The term food desert has generated some buzz recently, but what exactly defines a food desert, and how do food deserts affect Coloradans?
Maya McDowell
Nov 29, 20232 min read
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2023 Season of Giving Sweepstakes
After Thanksgiving, Black Friday and CyberMonday, generous donors come together to give back on Giving Tuesday and Colorado Gives Day. A...
Matthew Suprunowicz
Nov 28, 20233 min read
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Climate Chaos
In recent months, when the rain in Denver has carried on for weeks at a time, the old trope of “we need the moisture” has lost meaning....
spencer9072
Jul 28, 20232 min read
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Growing Food, Growing Community
In November, SustainEd Farms took some time to step back and evaluate how well we were serving our mission and vision as an organization....
spencer9072
Jun 6, 20232 min read
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Closing the Loop in the School Cafeteria
Sustainable food systems often conjure an image of idyllic farms, airy farmers' markets, and well-plated meals of fresh produce –...
spencer9072
Jun 6, 20232 min read
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2022 Annual Report
SustainEd Farms saw incredible growth again in 2022. Our operating budget grew by 130%, which allowed us to increase our programming to...
Matthew Suprunowicz
Mar 28, 20231 min read
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SustainEd Farms receives $50,000 grant from the USDA farm-to-school program
August 1, 2022 - SustainEd Farms is one of two Colorado-based organizations awarded funding from the latest round of the USDA...

Matt Suprunowicz
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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What is Sustainability?
An introduction to a vague term and a broad range of topics This Lesson Plan is part the Sustainability Module of SustainEd Farms'...

Matt Suprunowicz
Jun 6, 20222 min read
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