Join the Shirley Heinze Land Trust Agricultural Land Program and the Northwest Indiana Food Council for an engaging afternoon at Oases Botanic Gardens in Gary, Indiana. Together, we’ll explore how urban agriculture, farmland preservation, and community partnerships can strengthen local food systems and create more resilient communities. Participants will tour the Oases Botanic Gardens urban […]
Join us on April 15th as we partner with Oases Botanic Gardens, a local community garden program in Gary to assist with installation of their new hoophouse shade area! Volunteers will work as a team to stretch and secure a protective tarp over the structure, providing a space for volunteers and visitors to escape from
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By Billie Kerner; Jibek Mbwakawen, Inc. After the arrival of the sandhill cranes signaling spring in my Potawatomi culture, we wait for the third thunder to communicate that it is time to plant our corn. For many Indigenous peoples, including the Potawatomi, the Three Sisters garden is more than a method of agriculture. It
For the second consecutive year, Shirley Heinze is joining Franciscan Health in Michigan City for its annual Campus Cleanup! Volunteers will help us pick up trash and litter from the wetland around the boardwalk of St. Francis Nature Preserve. Nature Highlights: Wooded
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