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Ending weekend hunger one backpack at a time
For the more than 3,304 kids in Seattle Public Schools currently experiencing homelessness, free and reduced-price school lunch (FRL) can comprise much of the food these students eat during the week....
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Black Bean Brownies
Cooking Matters volunteer instructor Melissa Miller says this recipe “always makes me really happy, because it is a food that I love, that I can have as a treat, and also be healthy. I’m a fiend for...
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‘Tis the season to enjoy some pumpkin!
It’s October and you know what that means…PUMPKIN OVERLOAD! When we enter our grocery store, we know it is “pumpkin season” as we are welcomed by the different pumpkins used as decorations in the front...
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Honey bees at the Seattle Community Farm
This post, written by Scott Behmer, Seattle Community Farm Coordinator, originally appeared on the Lettuce Link blog. Dance of the honey bees We recently acquired a new addition to the Seattle...
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Seattle Community Farm: A harvest slideshow
Seattle Community Farm panorama (all photos by John Bolivar, jbphotography.com) On one of the first cool, drizzly fall days following this year’s record-breaking dry Seattle summer, local photographer...
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Food production to fight global warming
Editor’s note: Thanks to Amanda Horvath for this report. She currently serves as Program Outreach & Development AmeriCorps Member for Solid Ground’s Lettuce Link program. The City of Seattle has...
View ArticleCelebrating Marra Farm & Farmer Sue McGann
Sue McGann has grown more food for hungry people than possibly anyone else in our community. Ever. As head farmer at the Giving Garden at #MarraFarm, a major part of Solid Ground’s Lettuce Link...
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Nourishing healthy kids & communities
Editor’s note: This report was filed by volunteer reporter Tiffiny Jaber. In the midst of the holiday season, Apple Corps’ message couldn’t be more meaningful: teaching children about healthy eating,...
View ArticleCommunity gathering space completed at Seattle Community Farm
November 21 was a frosty morning, when work crews from Shirey Handyman Service began the two-day construction project of the last piece of the Seattle Community Farm’s infrastructure. VIA...
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Cooking Matters: A recipe for changing lives
At the end of their second class, participants and volunteers line up to share the dinner they’ve just prepared together. There aren’t many activities that can compete with sharing a home-cooked meal...
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Cooking Matters’ diabetes classes meet an increasing need
Everyone lives with diabetes these days. Of course, the 25.8 million Americans who are currently diagnosed with it experience the brunt of the disease. But everyone lives with it. Whether you’re...
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June 2014 Groundviews: Growing healthy partnerships
Groundviews is Solid Ground’s quarterly newsletter for our friends and supporters. Below is the June 2014 Groundviews lead story; please visit our website to read the entire issue online. If you visit...
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40 years of healthy food & food justice
Customers in line at the Fremont Food Bank, circa 1987; the Food Bank was transferred to FamilyWorks in 1999. For more than 40 years, Solid Ground and its predecessor, the Fremont Public Association,...
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“Junk” vs. “real” food vs. farmers markets: What’s practical?
There’s a large misconception about how severely limited access is to healthy, nutritious food for many people living on low incomes. In his article “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?,” Mark Bittman...
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Kids learn how to get healthy & have fun in the kitchen
This school year, Solid Ground’s Apple Corps program will begin using the Cooking Matters for Kids curricula for students attending Concord and Emerson Elementary Schools. This nutrition education will...
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Food Justice: What does it mean to learn it, grow it, live it?
For some, Chefs Night Out has been a longstanding tradition of food, fun and fundraising. Local food and wine enthusiasts gather for a cocktail hour, auction, and a much anticipated dinner prepared...
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Merry Mice ornaments benefit Lettuce Link!
When you buy these cute little guys at City People’s Garden Store, 100% of the proceeds go to Lettuce Link! At Lettuce Link, we’re so grateful for the support of our wider community. Every year we...
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12 Days of Health at Emerson Elementary: Challenging ourselves to a healthy...
This piece by Abby Temple was published on 12/30/14 on Apple Corps, the Blog. As a Nutrition Educator with Solid Ground’s Apple Corps program, Abby supports nutrition and physical activity programs at...
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Twilight of the honey bee
Photograph by Steve Tracey If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed 10,000 years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment...
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Work for food justice! Apple Corps is hiring AmeriCorps members
Interested in a year of service? Have a passion for food justice? Apple Corps is hiring AmeriCorps Members for the 2015-16 service year! Apple Corps is part of Solid Ground’s effort to address the root...
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