As spring arrives, I am feeling the fullness of the season upon me, upon all of us, this group of core people who have come to be the 20-30 people, in addition to the 100’s of other loose volunteers, that are working so hard for this mission. We have very high expectations… seeking to radically [...]
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Hello All – Ive got a challenge for you. Artists and artisans, foodies and gardeners, and those who have good ideas. We need some new Victory Garden Initiative T-shirts. Something sexy, something funny, something interesting, something we can hand screen print. Got any ideas? If you come up with something, we will post them on [...]
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Hi Gang,
We are starting two very exciting compost collectives, one is on theNorth Side at a new Victory Garden Farm Parcel and one is in Bayviewat Sweet Water. We will be collaborating with many other entities,the Milwaukee Firemen, Two Nearby Churches, Several Corporateentities, and we will turn would-be garbage into rich soil for ourgardens next [...]
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Hi All – A reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, July 23rd is the next monthly Victory Garden Initiative Meeting. We have a busy agenda,which includes the creation of the non-profit structure, so come with your thinking caps on. Please come with any food pantry information you might have gathered since last month, also.
See you all [...]
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The Victory Garden Initiative and Transition Milwaukee would like to invite you to Food Inc. this Friday, July 17th at 7:20 pm at the Downer Theater on Downer Ave, Milwaukee. This tell-all movie about the industrial food system should not be missed. We will be there to greet you and to discuss the movie afterward. [...]
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Hello All,
As we are planning this Fantastic Event for Memorial weekend, we have come across some really great stories. My favorite story is about All People’s Church located around 2nd and Clark in Milwaukee. Two years ago All People’s had a thriving community garden kitty corner from the church. Here they rented a lot from [...]
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Jessica Cohodes’ House
Tonight, Tuesday April 14th
7 pm @ 626 N. 51st St.
We will continue planning the ins and outs of our big event. Bring your creativity, your connections, your resources, your influence, your stamina, your excitement, your enthusiasm – Don’t just read this and think it’s cool that other people are doing this – [...]
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Hello all – we are hoping to do a large victory gardening event on labor day weekend. This might include garden blitzing (going to a home and installing a victory garden in a short period of time, soil, plants and all) and gorilla gardening (putting in a garden on the down-low in a place that [...]
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Garden Art Party
WANTED SCRAP LUMBER, ARTISTS AND PAINTERS. Hello all – Many of you know that I have been working hard to procure signs for the Victory Garden Initiative. Well, this is much more difficult than I had ever imagined because the signs are actually quite expensive when they are made with any [...]
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Hello Gardeners,
The Victory Garden Initiative is growing. There are projects starting up around the city that could use the time and energy of some capable volunteers and interns. Currently, the Victory Garden Initiative is in need of both full and part time interns, that would not only like to learn about urban agriculture, [...]
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