NOVEMBER CROP OF THE MONTH | KALE
October 29th, 2019OCTOBER CROP OF THE MONTH | TURNIPS
October 3rd, 2019SUMMER | 19
August 12th, 2019This summer, Jones Valley Teaching Farm hosted Camp Grow — a free, three-week summer program on the Teaching Farm at Woodlawn High School offered to 20 middle school students from Hayes-K8 and Putnam Middle School. Camp Grow focused on all things culinary including skills in the kitchen (such as knife-handling, seasoning various dishes, and exploring different…
Gather | July 2019
July 12th, 2019In 2019, Jones Valley Teaching Farm recruited Gather hosts for two separate weekends during the summer. Hosts coordinated a dinner of their own design and invited their friends to gather with them around a table to celebrate and support Jones Valley Teaching Farm’s Good School Food program. Our final Gather weekend of 2019 took place July…
SPRING NEWSLETTERS
July 1st, 2019Fall Production Internship
June 21st, 2019Position Description The Production Internship is an opportunity for a select number of participants to learn and practice a variety of skills related to urban farming and small scale mixed vegetable production. Your can learn more about our work at jvtf.org. Our Farmers work hard to be both efficient and experimental with our farming practices…
Farm Stand Grand Opening
May 12th, 2019In the Spring of 2018, Jones Valley Teaching Farm received a grant through the Healthy Food Financing Program of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs for a Farm Stand at the Woodlawn High School Teaching Farm. Soon after, sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students from W.E. Putnam Middle School and C.W. Hayes K-8 school…
Gather 101
May 2nd, 2019WHAT IS GATHER? The Gather concept is a smart, of-the-moment fundraising idea that lends itself to seasonal entertaining opportunities throughout the year. The roots of the program are togetherness, food, generosity, and community. Particularly in the South, sharing food with those we care about is a longstanding, important tradition. Most of us grew up with…
Design-Build at Woodlawn High School: Vermicompost Bins!
March 12th, 2019Exciting things have been happening on the Teaching Farm at Woodlawn High School! This February, two Environmental Science classes (lead by Scotty Feltman, WHS Program Director, and other JVTF Staff) completed an impressive design-build project: vermicompost bins! This unit served as a hands-on immersion into the concept of Nutrient Cycling, nature’s method of recycling. This…
Farm Club Fun
October 12th, 2018Jones Valley Teaching Farm is kicking off our Fall Farm Clubs! Farm Club is a free after-school program that is offered during the spring and fall semesters at each of our partner schools. Farm Club engages students in hands-on activities that emphasize teamwork while building farm and culinary skills. During Farm Club, small groups of…