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Events in the Community 
This Week 

 

Wednesday: Growing Places Indy Lunch & Learn: School Gardening & Nutrition Education, The Platform, west wing of Indianapolis City Market, 1-2 p.m., RSVP here.
 
Thursday: Yoga and Ayurveda Series: Wringing Out and Release, Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center, 4-5:15 p.m. 
 
Thursday: Growing Places Indy U-Pick and Farm Stand, Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center, 4-7 p.m.
 
Saturday: Growing Places Indy U-Pick and Farm Stand, Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center, 9 a.m. - noon
 
Saturday: Monumental Yoga, Monument Circle, noon. Details here.
 
Saturday: Slow Food Indy presents How to Eat Slow (but still live fast), Greenwood Public Library How-To Fair, 1 p.m. Details here.

  

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Make your donation by cash, check or credit card at Veggie Share pickups and at our twice-a-week Farm Stand at the Chase Near Eastside 
Thursdays 4-7 p.m. and Saturdays 
9 a.m. to noon!
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The wait is over! We're excited to debut our new U-Pick vegetable garden at the Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center this Thursday from 4-7 p.m., with additional weekly hours Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon!

You'll have the chance to pick squash (quantities limited!) and basil, plus baby kale, baby collards and baby chard, or mix the three. 

Our Farm Stand will run the same days and hours as the 
U-Pick, featuring scallions, turnips, chard, collards, kale, garlic scapes, various herbs, mulberries, pea shoots, sunflower shoots and fresh-cut flower bouquets.

Credit cards, cash, checks and SNAP EBT will be accepted for produce at both the U-Pick and the Farm Stand! The Fresh Bucks matching program will match SNAP as well.

Don't forget -- Monumental Yoga is this Saturday at noon on Monument Circle! Growing Places Indy is excited to be a sponsor, and we hope you'll join us! Details here.

Keep reading for more on this week's Lunch & Learn, the story of apprentice Liz Laughlin, what Veggie Share members can expect to take home and yoga class details!
Head back to school for lunch this Wednesday with Growing Places Indy! 
 
Our Lunch & Learn topic will be School Gardening and Nutrition Education with panelists from Tindley Prep Academy, the Paramount School of Excellence, Distelrath Farms, Purdue Extension 
and Growing Places Indy Summer Apprentice Rachel Miller, who formerly worked for Food and Nutrition Services in Lawrence Township schools.

 

Bring your lunch and join us at The Platform in the west wing of the Indianapolis City Market at 1 p.m. Wednesday! RSVP and see our full Lunch & Learn schedule here!
Each week, we'll highlight the story of one of our 11 summer apprentices! "Like" Growing Places Indy on Facebook to follow their journey!

 

Liz Laughlin
 
Right time, right place? Was meant to be? For the past months or years, I had been searching for something more personally fulfilling. I was not totally sure what that even looked like or felt like, but I knew there was more out there for me. 
 
A native of Cape Cod, Mass, I am 36 years old and recently wrapped up an amazing and successful 10-year career brewing beer.
 
On the last day of the Indy Winter Farmers Market, I stumbled upon Growing Places Indy's booth and chatted with a gal about her past experiences being an apprentice with Growing Places Indy. 
 
What initially intrigued me was to learn more farming skills and about others involved in community farming. But in the first week, I have learned so much more than farming. 
 
The Growing Places Indy motto is Grow Well, Eat Well, Live Well, Be Well, and we are learning exactly that through weekly workshops in communication and truth with a practice called Utthita Vishuddha, daily yoga and meditation, daily emotional and physical group check-in and team building skills.
 
What the next nine weeks mean to me are about building friendships, communicating more effectively and openly and becoming emotionally present and connected. 
 
I know I want to become a better farmer, and, more importantly, a better person. I am going to sign out with something Growing Places Indy Executive Director Laura Henderson read to the apprentices: "With personal difficulties, we will continue to learn and grow."
Here's what Veggie Share members can expect to receive in their share this week:
  • Kale 
  • Chard or Collards
  • Bok Choy
  • Broccoli or Green Cabbage
  • Pea shoots or Sunflower shoots
  • Scallions
  • Assorted herbs
  • A foraged surprise (hopefully!)
Members, please bring your own bags! We can reuse rubber bands, twist ties and pint containers, and we would be grateful if you return them.
Come out for the first day of our Farm Stand and U-Pick hours, and stay for a chance to reconnect with your body!

Staraya McKinstry will lead this week's by-donation yoga class with a focus on wringing out and release Thursday from 4-5:15 p.m. at the Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center, sponsored by Invoke Studio! All levels are welcome, and a suggested donation of $8 will fund SNAP-matching at at the Farm Stand and U-Pick!

See the full class schedule and RSVP here!

NOTE: Busy Thursdays? Due to Monumental Yoga, our Saturday by-donation yoga classes start up next week! Details here.

Growing Places Indy
506 N. Oriental St., Indianapolis IN 46202  

* www.growingplacesindy.org *

 

Growing Places Indy is a 501c3 charitable organization 

Grow Well * Eat Well * Live Well * Be Well™