Farming for Justice: Cultural Appropriation in Food, Part I Video
With Patrice Lockert Anthony, President of GreenStar Cooperative Market, Groundswell Center Equity and Accountability Committee and Elizabeth Gabriel, Groundswell Center Director. For more information: Farming for Justice Discussion Series
Read MoreNovember 10th Community Farm Day at Soul Fire Farm
Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming in Ithaca, NY coordinated a Community Caravan of 18 people from Ithaca to Grafton, NY, outside of Albany, for a Day of Community Farm work, with over 100 others from all over the Northeast, at Soul Fire Farm. We collectively accomplished, what seemed like close to a week’s worth of farm…
Read MoreOur New Interns and Fellows: Welcome Mary-Kate, Mark, and Eli!
This fall Groundswell welcomes three inspiring students to our team! Two Cornell SC Johnson Graduate School Board Fellow’s have joined our Board of Directors this year. The Johnson Board Fellowship aims to provide MBA students an opportunity for professional development through service on non-profit Board of Directors. The Board Fellowship allows for strengthening ties between…
Read MoreAnnual Report 2017
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Read MoreThe 2nd Annual Sunset Soiree: Spirits high while the wind passed us by!
Friday September 21st, Groundswell Center hosted our second annual Sunset Soirée on the Farm. From the fantastic TC3 Culinary Art Program’s food (using local ingredients of course) to the unique array of silent auction donations, the evening was truly a success. Over 150 people ages young to wise attended and enjoyed the company the Soirée…
Read MoreThe Farm Bill and YOU
It’s a Farm Bill Year. But the current version is still in negotiations between the House and the Senate – and the fast-approaching deadline for congressional action is September 30th 2018. Last month we co-sponsored a Farm Bill Forum coordinated by the Food Bank of the Southern Tier, NSAC, National Young Farmers Coalition, and Food & Health Network…
Read MoreALL ARE WELCOME TODAY TO AUGUST MEETING OF CNY YOUNG FARMERS COALITION!
Greetings Folks! We hope everyone is soaking up as much of the last of summer that they can. August and September are always the hardest months as we become inundated with planting fall and winter crops at the same time that harvest peaks. Most of us have done our best to work with major weather…
Read MoreHemlock Grove Farm’s FALL 2018 Organic Apple CSA starts SOON!
Our Apple CSA is in the popular tradition of the Ithaca CSA– members join and pay ahead of time to receive (in our case) fresh, local, organic apples throughout the season from their chosen pick up site. Members receive 5lbs of fresh organic apples (2-3 different varieties each time) beginning August 31st and ending November…
Read MoreGroundswell Center & Hammerstone host Carpentry Workshop for Women
Last Friday Groundswell Center and #Hammerstone School of Carpentry for Women teamed up to teach a free workshop to women who helped build a new produce wash-station at the Groundswell Incubator Farm. Thanks to funding from the Park Foundation, the Legacy Foundation and the Community Foundation of Tompkins County Women’s Fund, we were able to offer this…
Read MoreIWR Community Picnic Was a Success!
This July, Groundswell teamed up with Ithaca Welcomes Refugees (IWR) to host their annual Community Picnic at the Incubator Farm! In spite of the heat (close to 90 degrees and humid), there was a great turnout, and people came and seemed to stay for awhile. There was incredible live music, games for children, water balloons…. and…
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