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Fall 2009
Sprout worked with Dining Services and the Goodwin Niering Center to improve the College's food purchasing. Dining Services now purchases: Turbana bananas instead of Dole or Chiquita (two exceptionally unenvironmental and unethical banana producers); all local apples, and has switched food providers to a company which will purchase more local vegetables when they are in season.
Sprout! is on YouTube!
Watch this video as the summer garden manager harvests fresh veggies and delivers them to the College's dining hall.
Summer 2009 - 2 Summer Garden Managers!
An herb garden is planted, and plans are underway to capture rain water from 360 House to irrigate the garden. The Bennack-Polan Foundation again funded the garden manager position, with summer tasks being shared by two students, Nathalie Theys and Eli Mangold.
Spring 2009 - Honey Bees!
Eight honey bee colonies are now situated on the north end of the campus garden. Sprout! is working with Stuart Woronecki, a local music professor and professional beekeeper, on the set-up and maintenance of the beehives; plus he has provided educational workshops to help us learn the art and science of beekeeping.
Fall 2008— Brumalia!
October 18th marked the first ever Brumalia, a fall festival organized by a collection of environmentally oriented clubs and organizations on campus, including REC, Spokespeople, SAVE, and SAC. Sprout! organized and prepared a local, organic, and delicious dinner for the event.
Summer 2008 —First Garden Manager on board!
Misha Johnson '08 spent the summer as Sprout's first-ever full-time garden manager. The position was funded through a grant.
Fall 2007 — Check out our new
blog
For the latest news, frequent photo and garden updates, Sprout! starts the Connecticut
College Sustainable Gardening Initiative blog at sproutgarden.blogspot.com!
Spring 2007 —Connecticut College Finalist in Ecochallenge
Contest
Connecticut College was one of ten finalists, along with
MIT and eight large, research universities, in a contest sponsored
by GE and mtvU, which challenged them to "develop new, creative
ways to green their campus." The college's entry, "Community,
Conservation, Compost: A Holistic Approach," proposed using
commercial-sized compost units to reduce the amount of food waste
generated by the College. Visit www.ecocollegechallenge.com to
see the Conn students' proposal, and film.
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