Island Grown Schools is the Vineyard’s farm-to-school program. We seek to raise a new generation of Vineyarders who are connected to local farms and farmers, empowered to make healthy eating choices, informed about the food system, and engaged in growing food for themselves, their families and community.
The Island Grown Bees program educates our community about the importance of bee pollination and the role bees play in crop fertilization. We help beginning beekeepers with setting up a hive, obtaining bees, and mentoring with experienced beekeepers throughout the year.
Island Grown Gleaning volunteers travel to island farms and harvest food that wouldn’t otherwise be harvested. We distribute the harvest free of charge to our school cafeterias, to low income islanders, to elders, and community members in need.
IGM’s mission is to promote increased production and consumption of locally raised meat on Martha’s Vineyard through advocacy, education and outreach.
The Poultry Program has introduced the Mobile Poultry Processing Trailer to the island, which travels farm to farm with an experienced crew, bringing a safe, humane, and local animal processing solution to our local farmers. The program also incorporates farmer outreach, community education, and a backyard grower mentoring program.
We are pleased to announce that the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources has awarded Island Grown Schools $12,000 to support efforts to bring more fresh, healthy, loc...
Musician Ben Taylor is performing at Nectar’s on Thursday July 14th, and will donate proceeds from the concert to Island Grown Schools. Ben is an incredible musician, and his...
IGI works to grow community through sustainable agriculture, local food advocacy and education.
We strive to increase both the supply and demand of locally grown food for the health of the environment and our community through our five core programs: Island Grown Schools, our farm-to-school program; Island Grown Meat; Island Grown Poultry; Island Grown Bees; and Island Grown Gleaning. Read more →
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Please check out a post by IGS coordinator Noli Taylor on the Huffington Post about corporate school food contract and the work we are doing here on the Vineyard to end corporate c...
Jan 28, 2012 | No Comments »
Please join us for Bee School 102, an intensive 8-hour course on advanced beekeeping with Everett Zurlinden on March 24th and 25th. All are welcome, though the course will be geare...
Feb 05, 2011 | No Comments »
This year, we will have regularly scheduled, once a week gleans at Morning Glory Farm, on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 beginning in August. We are looking for organizations (churches, ...
May 26, 2011 | No Comments »
On November 5th, IGI and the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society held a fundraiser to support our work to create an island-based slaugther solution for four-legged animals...
Nov 14, 2010 | No Comments »
If you are interested in helping farmers and consumers reconnect through IGI’s poultry program, we’re always looking for potential employees and volunteers. Contact Jefferson M...
Jan 21, 2012 | No Comments »
This farm map is like a treasure map. Use it as a guide to find what’s for dinner, from Island farmers and shellfishermen, who grow, raise, and catch seasonally fresh vegetables, poultry, meat, eggs, shellfish, and raw milk. Click here »Island Grown Initiative
PO Box 622
Vineyard Haven, MA.
02568
Email:
office@islandgrown.org