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Erin Casey
Mar 32 min read
Huerta Urbana - Making Food Access Tangible
The answer to "where does all of the food go once you harvest it?"
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Erin Casey
Feb 183 min read
Empowering High School Students Through Hands-On Internships
DSST Elevate High School intern teaches her friend how to identify cucumbers and zucchini.
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Erin Casey
Feb 32 min read
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...
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Erin Casey
Jan 292 min read
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.
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Erin Casey
Jan 202 min read
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.
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Erin Casey
Jan 141 min read
Support SustainEd With Every King Soopers Trip
Save money and support SustainEd Farms every time you shop at King Soopers.
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Erin Casey
Jan 72 min read
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...
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Maya McDowell
Nov 29, 20232 min read
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?
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Matthew Suprunowicz
Nov 28, 20233 min read
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...
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spencer9072
Jul 28, 20232 min read
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....
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spencer9072
Jun 6, 20232 min read
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....
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spencer9072
Jun 6, 20232 min read
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 –...
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Matthew Suprunowicz
Mar 28, 20231 min read
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...
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Matt Suprunowicz
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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...
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Matt Suprunowicz
Jun 6, 20222 min read
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'...
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Matt Suprunowicz
Jun 6, 20222 min read
How to Save Seeds from Food Scraps!
How can we gather and store seeds to avoid buying them at the store? This Lesson Plan is part of the Gardening and Sustainability modules...
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Matt Suprunowicz
Jun 6, 20222 min read
How to Keep Birds Out of the Garden
How can we humanely deter our feathered friends from eating our crops? This Lesson Plan is part the Gardening Module of SustainEd Farms'...
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Matt Suprunowicz
Jun 6, 20222 min read
How to Start a Seed Indoors!
Why do we start some seeds inside, and how do we do it? This Lesson Plan is part of the Home and Gardening modules of SustainEd Farms'...
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Matt Suprunowicz
Jun 6, 20222 min read
How to Propagate Romaine Lettuce
How can we use vegetable scraps to grow new vegetables? This Lesson Plan is part of the Gardening and Nutrition modules of SustainEd...
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Matt Suprunowicz
Jun 6, 20223 min read
How to Propagate Succulents
How can we multiply plant lives in a dry climate? This Lesson Plan is part of the Home and Gardening modules of SustainEd Farms' virtual...
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