The Olin College Library will host a Native Plants Symposium in partnership with Green Needham and several other local organizations. The event will take place from 3 – 6 pm in the Milas Hall Auditorium at Olin College. Listening to
Moving Forward with a Needham Farmers Market
The Needham farmers market has gotten some interesting press in the last few weeks. It is good that people are discussing the pros and cons. Personnally, I am a big supporter of local agriculture, and even if there is a
Olin College’s Library to work with Green Needham on Sustainability Initiatives
The Olin College of Engineering library has received a $5,000 grant to develop sustainability collections and programming in the areas of energy audits and native plants. As part of the community outreach for this grant, the library will be working
Dec 2010 meeting – partner project updates
December 2010 updates from some of the Green Needham partner organizations… Needham Community Farm The NCF recently submitted an NEF Large Grant application for $15,000 to fund farm-based curriculum development at the Nike site (assuming the NCF is awarded the license
Olin Students Develop New Freezer Technology
The following article was written by Ben Chapman, a first year student. It was published in the Olin College student newspaper. Freshmen Explore Sustainable Food-Storage On November 13, I was working Essex, VT with three other Olin Freshmen, on an
Olin College Composting Project
In 2009 Olin College decided to initiate a composting program to see if it could reduce its waste stream. This fall, Olin has already composted more than all of last year and is on pace to compost over 9,000 lbs by the end of the academic year.
Work Begins for a Needham Farmers Market
Things are looking good for a farmers market in Needham. On November 29, fourteen enthusiastic people met at First Parish Church to begin the rather long planning process that will include finding a site, applying for permits, contracting with farmers
Farmers’ Markets Build Community
I am a big fan of local food. I live only a few blocks from Volante Farm, and right outside my office door in Union Square, Somerville there is a Saturday farmers’ market, so I have the best of both
Farmers Markets
Winter Farmers Markets – 2010/2011 Ongoing Winter Markets: Sunday: Dedham, Sunday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Year Round, 626 High Street Fairhaven, Sunday, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, October 24, November 21 and December 19th, Nemasket Building on the corner
Needham Community Farm – 350.org Event
The Needham Community Farm hosted a 350.org “International Work Party” last week which was co-sponsored by the Green Needham Collaborative and First Parish Church. “Work party” volunteers helped winterize the NCF pilot gardens by layering newspapers and hay over the