Processing center also offers jobs to people with disabilities -- A newly opened food hub will bring jobs, fresh food and education to a much needed area in downtown Akron, near the Akron Zoo. Hattie’s Food Hub is a new local farm to table operation, which will process locally sourced ingredients, offer fresh food from a corner market, perform cooking demos and provide … [Read more...]
Canning helps preserve surplus produce, feed people in ‘food deserts’ (Guest Blog)
Let's Grow Akron, Akron Summit Community Action host free canning classes -- So many of us have lost the ability to do so many things our grandparents could do. Many of us can’t make meals unless they come from a box. Many of us can’t drive a stick shift, or survive without the Internet, because we’re too busy or haven’t had the need to do such things. And then there’s Jan … [Read more...]
Chicken Kickstarter campaign helps agency provide job skills, healthy food for clients with disabilities (Article and Video)
Ardmore, which works with people with disabilities, is harboring some hens who need your help. As part of the agency’s push to offer job training and placement services to its clients, many of whom have autism, Ardmore has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help its chickens get through their first year. The campaign seeks $1,200 for food, bedding and chicken coop repairs … [Read more...]
Gray Fox Farm strikes savvy balance between urban, rural agriculture (Article and Video)
Hudson couple practices suburban farming with digital media footprint -- Meredith Poczontek does not fit the traditional stereotype of a farmer. She’s young, upbeat, funny and, during a recent tour of the 14-acre Gray Fox Farm in Hudson -- which she owns with her husband, John -- she jokingly shares this piece of chicken sociology: “It’s like a junior high lunchroom every … [Read more...]
Goats work as landscapers this weekend at Glendale steps
The historic Glendale Steps (on Glendale Avenue, between Locust and Rand streets) will welcome a dozen grazing goats this weekend, July 12 and 13, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The goats will work behind a security fence while tending goat herders give impromptu workshops about animal husbandry and ecological stewardship of urban landscapes. In order to encourage the goats to chomp … [Read more...]
