Our Common Roots
By Grayson Shelor, AMI 2017-2017 Fellow In troubling times, we return to our roots. For AMI Fellows and Alumni, that often means...
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- Apr 16, 2019
Helping Hands
By Ariel Duran, Phase II Fellow I believe food is best shared. Whether it’s the last slice or the first batch of something special,...
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- Mar 21, 2019
Living in Staunton
By Freddy Carruth, Phase II Fellow So far, my time in Staunton has been split between work at my Phase II partner organization, Project...
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- Mar 5, 2019
A Shift
By Audrey Carter, Phase II Fellow Entering into the ninth week at Project GROWS, a sense of normalcy and familiarity is slowly washing...
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- Aug 27, 2018
Back to School
By Sophia Hutnik, Phase II Fellow Until recently, the VSDB campus was closed for the summer and work at the VSDB Educational Urban Farm...
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- Jul 31, 2018
Kids are Like Plants
By Matthew Kitchen, Phase II Fellow Over the span of this summer, I’ve had the incredible experience of working with summer camp kids...
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- Apr 30, 2018
Spring has Sprung, Maybe
By Sophia Hutnik, Phase II Fellow This past week, it went from winter to summer and then back to winter in the blink of an eye. At...
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- Mar 6, 2018
Signs of Life
By Stephen Rodriguez, Phase II Fellow At the top of a steep hill, sits our charming little VSDB greenhouse overlooking the farm like a...
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- Jan 26, 2018
Project GROWS: People + Farm
By Matthew Kitchen, Phase II Fellow A little over a week ago I started working for Project Grows. Phase II begins! As the new Education...
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- Dec 12, 2016
2016 Virginia Farm to Table Conference
By Katie Gilman, Phase II Fellow This year’s 5th Annual Virginia Farm to Table Conference kicked off with a day of pre-conference tours...
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- Sep 12, 2016
Community Reliance: Finding a Way to Distribute the Bounty
By Sarah Merfeld, Phase II Fellow The Urban Farm produced a bounty of vegetables this summer. We were harvesting hundreds of pounds of...
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- Aug 10, 2016
The Responsibility, Rewards, & Lessons of Running an Internship Program
By Anna Tracht, Phase II Fellow Part of my work with the Highland Center over the past few months has been planning and running a...
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- Jul 12, 2016
New Greywater System at the AMI Urban Farm
By Katie Gilman, Phase II Fellow At the AMI Urban Farm, we wash anywhere from 10-80 lbs. of produce each week. We employ the use of a 30...
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- Apr 28, 2016
Remembering the Earth, Remembering Ourselves: School-based Gardening, a Reflection.
By Kayla MacLachlan, AMI Alumna “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil, is to forget ourselves.” - Mahandas K. Gandhi The...
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- Feb 10, 2016
Empowered in Action: Moving into the Senior Fellowship
By Anna Tracht, Phase II Fellow One month into my Senior Fellowship, I’m finally starting to get my feet under me. Working as the...
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- Dec 15, 2015
A Season In Photos
Every garden has a unique personality, because of the people who cultivate it.
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- Nov 24, 2015
On Reflection
By Emily Sullivan "Service action does not automatically become service attitude. The depth of reflection determines the quality of the...
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- Nov 20, 2015
The Science of Spinach Sweetness
But the miracle before your eyes (and on your tongue) is that the spinach tastes better post-frost. Now, isn’t that strange?
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- Oct 28, 2015
Building a Farm Family
I want to advocate for the incredible, seemingly unquenchable positive force that volunteers can be on a farm
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- Oct 20, 2015
From Farm to School and Back Again
How do we teach our children to eat healthfully, support and appreciate farmers, and grow their own food?
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