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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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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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Dirty Days As the summer comes to a close, the garden crew has been hard at work putting some finishing touches on the high tunnel space! With supplies coming from Maintenance and Operations, we were able to remove the plastic inside the high tunnel and begin shaping our future beds with wood chips and…
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Glass Recycling and Composting As many of you know, for the past three weeks we have been working with Dr. Sam Mason on a project with hopes to eventually implement curbside glass recycling and composting in Erie. We’ve been running small scale (about 100 houses) glass recycling and compost collection in West Bayfront and Frontier…
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Two Weeks in the Sun Zajac Family Farm Fest On Friday July 8th, the crew spent the afternoon at the Zajac Family Farm 2022 Farm Fest. The Farm Fest was a farm based event for the Corry area and surrounding communities that was organized by Julie Zajac of the Zajac Family Farm, LLC. The goals…
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Road Trip On Wednesday, June 22nd and Thursday, June 23rd, the crew took a trip to visit the University Park Student Farm and attend the PA Farm to Child Nutrition Summit held on the Ag Progress grounds. Originally, the crew was excited to spend the night camping in Black Moshannon National Park but a last…
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Out and About: The Crawford County Tour On Wednesday, June 1st, the crew took a trip to visit a few local farms and businesses located in the neighboring county. We are so thankful for the welcoming arms that greeted us at each stop during our somewhat impromptu trip! At the end of the day, we…
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We Did a Thing! We are so excited to announce the successful build of our Nifty Hoop High Tunnel! The high tunnel was installed last Thursday behind the Otto Behrend Science Building (OBS). It will eventually be the shining star of a new garden space that will be available to the community and all Behrend…
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The New Crew: Landis, Kelsey, Jenna, and Carolyn Welcome to the Penn State Behrend Sustainable Food Systems Program student run garden newsletter! This summer, we are a five person team. Landis Crawford, Carolyn Hogg, Kelsey Fredericks, and Jenna Seigworth are our four new interns for the SFSP Program for summer 2022. We come from a…
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As we feel the air cooling and watch the trees in our backyards ready themselves for a long pause, we might try to deny that summer has left us. It can be hard to admit that we are nearing the coming Erie winter. Recently, I have taken up the habit of a daily morning walk….
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