July Newsletter Happy July (August)! We know that you’ve been constantly checking your inbox, heedlessly awaiting news from your favorite garden interns, and for that, we apologize for keeping you waiting. Rest assured, the garden is thriving, and despite our tardy newsletter, everything else has been going swimmingly. Last week we hosted interns from Erie…
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Looking for ways to reduce plastic in your life? Here are some of our favorite products! Who Gives a Crap Toilet Paper Plaine Products – Hair & Skin Care Bite Toothpaste Chico Reusable Shopping Bags Chico Reusable Cutlery Kits Plant Therapy Essential Oils Blueland Cleaning Products
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Interested in helping enact change around single use plastics that continually pollute our waterways? We’ve made it easy! Copy the following prewritten impact letter. You have been consistently ranked among the top plastic polluting companies according to Break Free From Plastic. Our dependence on single-use items is driving many of our environmental problems. You are…
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Take some time to observe the trash tree, and see if you can find the following items on it! Paint Brush Globe Barbie Nerf Darts Stroller Wheels Lip Gloss Coca Cola Bottle Pepsi Bottle Red Ball Goose!
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The materials for this sculpture were collected from Cascade and Mill Creeks as part of a PA Sea Grant funded research project, quantifying the movement of trash from land to water. Littered materials were collected over the course of a year and cataloged by: type of material, intended use, and brands. Plastic is the…
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Welcome back Garden Friends! In the time we’ve been incommunicado, we’ve made some huge updates to the garden space that we are excited to share with you. We’re getting fancy here, people! At the CORE garden space, we weed-whacked the perimeter of the fence, laid black landscape plastic down, and covered it with beautiful wood…
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I had never seen an urban farm before, and I had no clue what to expect. As we drove on the sweltering pavement into the heart of a crowded neighborhood on East 7th Street in downtown Erie, my mind buzzed with questions. Where will there be a farm here? How big will it…
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Meet Charlie Vorisek of Vorisek’s Backyard Bee Farm located in Linesville, PA. He has maintained his bee hives and sold his own honey for 30 years, acting as both an entrepreneur and farmer. We caught up with Charlie at the Pioneer Steam and Gas Engine Society Summer Show in Saegertown on July 15th, 2022 as…
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Chris and Becky Hemlock run 86 Acres, a small dairy farm located in Saegertown, PA. The Hemlocks sell raw milk and 100 percent grass-fed beef directly to consumers. In addition to farming, Chris works as a carpenter and Becky homeschools their children on the farm. Chris and Becky spend their days with their animals, milking…
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This interview was conducted via email by our intern Jenna with Gayle and Lance Mitchell of Mitch-Hill Dairy Farm. Check them out here on Instagram and Facebook! Could you please tell us how you got into farming? It is hard to start a dairy farm when you were not raised on one, when…
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