Asked a second grader at the North Coventry Elementary School this morning when Mark Birdsall, of Triskeles, and Mark Highland, the Organic Mechanic, were presenting to students about compost, soil, vermiculture, and related topics. There were a lot of other questions, and a good bit of student involvement as they demonstrated their retention of information [...]

Saturday, April 24, saw the first session of a new Triskeles program: Side by Side Next Steps. For years the popular Side by Side program has had to limit its seasonal workshops to teens and first/second graders. When the young ones reached third grade, there was simply no room for that many students.
Last Saturday we [...]

The FOOD Initiative is fully underway and going very well! This grant funded project (thank you to the Philadelphia Foundation) is allowing us to identify and interview organizations in the Delaware Valley that are connected to youth nutrition, sustainable agriculture and gardening, preparation for employment, and other food programming in the hopes of building partnerships [...]