9 – 11 am Saturday, March 15th, 2025Boyd St Urban Orchard, 58 Boyd St, PortlandAll are welcome! Tired of winter and looking for a fun winter activity? Join us! Cultivating Community and ReTreeUs are hosting an interactive winter pruning workshop…
This project is an exciting next phase of our partnership with the City’s Parks, Recreation & Facilities Department to ensure that Portland’s 11 community gardens are safe and accessible. We are happy to announce that we have secured funding through the Maine Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for the next 3 garden rebuilds!
Volunteers needed! We are hosting a raised bed building workshop at Boyd Street Community Garden. Help us transform this in-ground garden into a beautiful raised bed garden before winter comes!
Our high school Culinary Crew students have been up to some fun stuff in the kitchen the past few weeks! Thanks to @waysidefoodprograms for allowing us to use your kitchen to advance our cooking skills and provide meals to families…
Hurricane Valley Farm, a 62-acre working farm owned and leased to us by @falmouthlandtrust got an upgrade in the form of a solar array! Funding for this project came from the State of Maine’s Community Resilience Partnership, which “helps communities…
Winter is coming and the end of the garden season is here This is a reminder to all of our community gardeners that it is time to fill out your fall checkout forms. The forms are due by next Wednesday,…
In March 2025, the federal government announced the termination of Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA), a program that supported historically underserved farmers by distributing thousands of pounds of produce to low-income communities and schools.
In the face of increasing challenges Cultivating Community, New Roots Cooperative Farm, and Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farms are standing together to support immigrant and BIPOC farmers who have been and are systematically excluded from federal resources and access to food and land. Please join us in supporting local food!
