Compost your food scraps for free this month at any Martha's Vineyard transfer station.
Island Grown Initiative
November 10, 2020
Five of the six mobile market stops now require pre-orders for pick-up, with no on-site shopping, Island Grown Initiative has announced. There's also a new schedule.
March 28, 2021
Home gardeners can learn regenerative growing practices at one of three upcoming workshops sponsored by Island Grown.
June 22, 2021
The Island Grown Initiative mobile market will resume its summer service beginning July 6.
2022
June 22, 2022
An airy, wood-slatted mobile shelter was designed and built behind the Thimble Farm greenhouse by a team led by architects Keith Moskow and Robert Linn as part of their Studio North summer workshop.
May 1, 2022
Nonprofits that feed hundreds of hungry Islanders every week are facing unprecedented reductions in supplies of groceries, at a time when the need is growing. Staffing shortages at the Greater Boston Food Bank are one issue.
March 4, 2022
Phase one of a major expansion project at Island Grown Farms won the unanimous approval of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday night.
February 5, 2022
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission closed a public hearing Thursday on the first phase of a master plan for Island Grown Initiative after discussing nitrogen mitigation and an archeology report.
January 27, 2022
At the Island Food Pantry, operations manager Sharon Brown teaches people how to stretch 15 cents to create a dollar's worth of food in a meal.
January 14, 2022
A new education center, employee housing and a new vision for the future for Island Grown Initiative were unveiled at a public hearing Thursday night .
