Along with cooler weather and school starting, autumn means apples in Ohio! So as part of a series called “Food, Fun, & Fitness in Weinland Park,” the Weinland Park Community Civic Association’s Food & Wellness Committee* put together a wonderful field trip for all ages. Together, as a group of 47 neighbors, we visited a local “pick your own” orchard called Legend Hills in Utica, OH. We … Continue reading Weinland Park Goes Apple Picking
Iron Street provided one model that is really interesting because it unites youth programming with food production, processing, preparation, and distribution. There is a lot to learn from Iron Street and consider about what resonates and what doesn’t for Weinland Park. One of the themes voiced repeatedly at the Community Engagement meeting on July 19th was the need for jobs. Youth programming like that at Iron … Continue reading Growing Home @ Wood Street
Inspired by Will Allen’s recent visit hosted by the Stiletto Gardener, Local Matters, Hounds in the Kitchen, and Franklin Park Conservatory…. as well as the recent Community Engagement conversation hosted by the Food & Wellness Committee of the WPCCA, OSU Architecture, Local Matters, & MORPC at the Godman Guild…. A team from OSU Knowlton School of Architecture hit the road to check out Iron Street … Continue reading Iron Street
We’ve had our fair share of challenges this week in Weinland Park. For sure. On top of the enduring oppressive heat, humidity, and roar of the state fair, which anyone would be feeling a bit stressed about despite the charm of the nightly fireworks… We’ve also had a string of arsons, suicides, and then a fatal late-afternoon police shooting on 4th Street, diagonal from the park during cheerleading … Continue reading Power of the Positivity
Last Tuesday the Weinland Park Community Civic Association‘s Food & Wellness Committee hosted a Community Engagement Conversation in collaboration with Local Matters, Knowlton School of Architecture, CEGI, and MORPC. This event took a great deal of planning and genuinely sought resident input about food, possible food related jobs, and plans for the 3M site on 4th Street & 5th Avenue. The Community Engagement Meeting pulled in … Continue reading Community Engagement
Last Friday we took a team of agricultural, environmental, and architectural researchers on a tour of several Weinland Park gardens and the bird sanctuary. One of the experts was Joe Kovach from OARDC–Wooster, who we had earlier driven up to go visit and learn from in collaboration with our partners at Knowlton School of Architecture. He focuses on urban agricultural research, using high tunnels to … Continue reading From the Soil Up
Several weeks ago 4th Street Farms was accepted to a workshop as a project for a digital storytelling workshop offered by the Columbus Film Council and The Free Press sponsored by Comfest, where the video first was screened at the Shelterhouse as part of the work of Archives. Thank you to Martina Santos from OSU Knowlton School of Architecture for providing video footage, Susan Halpern … Continue reading Walk With Me
On July 3rd we gathered at the garden to celebrate the independence of growing our own vegetables and cooking our own food. Given all the issues with large corporate agriculture, specifically concerns over food safety and security, it is important to recognize that growing our own food is radical action in accordance with the principles that gave birth to this county. We enjoyed a … Continue reading Growing Independence
Last week in lieu of our regular work day in the garden at 4th Street, we were at Comfest and in addition to members volunteering in Clean Up & Recycling, Wine, Food Fairy, Archives, and Safety, we also were at the Solar Stage sharing with a larger community our work at 4th Street. For those not familiar, ComFest (officially The Community Festival) is a large, free, non-corporate, music and … Continue reading Food Not Lawns
Hats off to the growth of 4th Street Farms: Last Sunday it rained much of the day and the garden settled in with hungry roots drinking up nourishing ground-soaking water, while we got tomato stakes in and some very necessary weeding done. Join us Sunday, July 3 for our next gardening event where we are planning to celebrate all our hard work and Independence Day … Continue reading Growing with Celebration
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