Ypsi Food Fight! A Fight for Food Equity
For the past three years, Growing Hope has hosted the Ypsi Food Awards as our spring fundraiser and an opportunity to recognize our local food heroes. This year, we’ve decided to shake things up a bit and use this fundraiser as a platform to actively involve our community and partners in the work we do.
Home Vegetable Garden Program Applications Open!
The Home Vegetable Garden Program seeks to increase access to healthy food for low income Ypsilanti residents through installing free raised bed gardens and providing one on one garden support at family homes, community centers, housing facilities, apartment complexes and religious institutions.
Be a Garden Mentor!
The mentorship applications for 2019 are closed. Thanks for your interest! If you are interested in signing up for next year, please send an email to Bee (@) Growing Hope (dot) net Apply to be a Garden Mentor for New Home Vegetable Gardeners We are excited to announce the launch of Growing Hope’s Garden Mentorship […]
Sow the Future: Growing Hope’s 2018 Matching Campaign
The Buhr Foundation, the James A. & Faith Knight Foundation, and a group of individual donors have come together to pledge a $90,000 match of all donations made on or before December 31st, 2018. From now until the end of the year, every gift you give is doubled, which means we can double our efforts […]
Hope Sprouts: Fall 2018
The Growing Hope Urban Farm is quiet as we head into the winter, and we’re looking back on our programs and events from 2018. Take a look at the highlights in our latest newsletter! Hope Sprouts: Fall 2018
Hope Sprouts: Summer 2018
Summer is a busy season for Growing Hope! Read about our latest program and project updates in our summer newsletter. Hope Sprouts: Summer 2018
Welcome Cynthia!
Growing Hope is pleased to welcome Cynthia VanRenterghem as its new Executive Director, starting on May 29. Under her leadership, Growing Hope will continue to increase access to healthy food by growing core programs while serving emerging community needs.“Cynthia has demonstrated success in growing organizations while stabilizing operations and finances,” said Growing Hope Board Chair, […]
A letter from our retiring founder, Amanda Maria Edmonds
Growing Hope’s visionary founder, Amanda Maria Edmonds, is retiring at the end of 2017 after 15 years as Executive Director. Her creativity, commitment to change, and leadership have allowed Growing Hope to have an incredible impact on Ypsilanti and the surrounding communities. An Executive Leadership Team is in place to ensure continuity in programming and […]
Joy Delivered- the 2017 Home Vegetable Garden Program
Gardening can be intimidating for the first time gardener! Challenges include knowing when to start planting, how to supplement the soil, and dealing with garden pests. In the spring of 2017, Growing Hope’s Home Vegetable Garden Program partnered with Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels to encourage gardening among low income senior residents of Ypsilanti. The program […]
Habitat for Humanity and Growing Hope Gardens
This guest blog post is by Marci Cameron. Marci has supported Growing Hope’s partnership with Habitat for Humanity for the past three years.