Atlanta Falcons new stadium will include edible gardens!

Grounds of new Falcons stadium will include edible gardensPosted: June 17By Tom Oder – Atlanta Magazine When the new Atlanta Falcons stadium opens for the 2017 NFL season, a group of volunteers will be churning up a different kind of yardage outside the venue than the football players rushing inside. These enthusiastic workers will be tending a  … Read more

Gwinnett County School Installs Teaching and Demonstration Garden!

GOOD NEWS FROM SCHOOLS: Captain Planet salutes Summerour for agriculture programPosted: June 13By Keith Farner – www.gwinnettdailypost.com Students arriving to the new Summerour Middle in August will have some new scenery on the property and new ways to learn science in a hands-on environment. The Captain Planet Foundation recently endorsed the school’s Environmental Educations Center, a … Read more

Article From Today’s Garden Center Featuring The Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Launch

The Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Launches With Unprecedented Support And CollaborationPosted: June 8By Amanda Gallagher – Todays Garden Center National Pollinator Garden Network (NPGN) launched the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge on June 3, just in time for National Pollinator Week, held June 21-25. The Million Pollinator Garden Challenge is a strategic effort to promote and … Read more

“The Foodcorps Chronicle” Featuring Bang Tran

The FoodCorps Chronicle: Cooking with Kids, or: “I’m Sorry Your Breakfast Is Ruined”Posted: June 2By Bang Tran, FoodCorps service member in Atlanta, GA Do you remember the first time you tried to poach an egg? How’d it turn out? Was it the creamy, fluffy dream you’ve come to expect from your favorite brunch spot? I remember … Read more

Businesses help to bring Project Learning Garden to Newark,NJ

Real Estate Report: Healthy choices — Businesses helping to bring fresh food to kids, communityPosted: June 8By Tom Bergeron – NJBiz As Newark residents near the Springfield Avenue Marketplace squabble in a they-said, we-said war of words with the developer regarding just what type of restaurant options will be near the badly needed $94 million city-altering … Read more

National Pollinator Garden Network Launches Million Pollinator Garden Challenge

Register your pollinator garden here Press Release WASHINGTON, DC (June 3, 2015) – In an unprecedented collaboration, dozens of conservation and gardening organizations joined together today to form the National Pollinator Garden Network and launch a new nationwide campaign – the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge. Designed to accelerate growing efforts across America, the Network is launching the … Read more

CPF Chairperson Laura Turner Seydel is Confirmed as Opening Keynote Speaker for 2015 Sustainable Meetings Conference

Laura Turner Seydel to be Keynote Speaker for 2015 Sustainable Meetings ConferencePosted: May 22By Speaking of Green The Green Meeting Industry Council has confirmed Laura Turner Seydel to be opening keynote speaker for their annual Sustainable Meetings Conference, which will be June 17 – 19, 2015 at The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. Seydel … Read more