New Leaf Garden Blitz is growing a community who grows their own food
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Since 2014, volunteers have installed over 700 raised bed garden boxes in Green Bay schools, homes, pantries, and organizations. Become a part of the annual Garden Blitz tradition by volunteering, donating, purchasing a garden box, or becoming a garden mentor. |
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Join us at the 2021 WPS Volunteer Awards virtual event |
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Join us on Thursday, April 22 to recognize and thank volunteers in our area who are doing so much to help others and our community!
At New Leaf Foods, we have nominated Patricia Albers for the Volunteer Leadership Award and the Garden Blitz team for the Large Group Award.
Help us cheer on Pat and the Blitz team!
Learn more and RSVP here:
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Volunteer Spotlight ~ Patricia Albers |
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In addition to offering her wisdom and expertise as Treasurer for New Leaf Foods, Pat is not afraid to pull up her sleeves and get dirty. Every year she shows up to the Garden Blitz ready to dig in!
Pat also uses her incredible skill to organize the Volunteer Income Tax Assistant (VITA) program that uses the services of UWGB accounting students to help low-income community members to do their taxes during the tax season.
New Leaf Foods and the Green Bay community are so lucky to have you. Thank you, Pat!
Help us cheer Pat on during the WPS Volunteer Awards virtual event!
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Connecting your food purchases to your
best local farmers
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"One of the goals of New Leaf Foods is to connect you, the eater, with the most local, healthy food available. But, it is sometimes difficult to cut through the marketing malarky and distinguish which farms are truly in line with growing healthy food, for all people, for generations. . . " -Valerie Dantoin, NWTC Sustainable Food & Ag System instructor and co-owner and operator at Full Circle Organic Farm
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For a more detailed description on how a farm is scored, or if you know a farm or food business that would like to be scored according to this rubric, please contact Valerie at valerie.dantoin@nwtc.edu.
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Join us at Titletown for the Go Green event |
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Where: Titletown Plaza, Green Bay, WI
When: May 1, 2021 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Who: This is a free event that is open to the public
Look for New Leaf Foods during this event, where we'll have a safe and fun activity to help the community learn more about what we can do to help the environment.
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Gardens at Lincoln Elementary School |
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-Theresa Vinoski, Green Bay Area Public Schools teacher at Lincoln Elementary School
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This year, from May 20-23, an incredible team of volunteers will build 75 raised bed gardens and deliver them to area homes, schools and organizations.
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Are you an experienced gardener, ready to help a new gardener grow? Become a garden mentor! |
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Choose between two virtual training dates:
Mentors are assigned a new gardener who has received a New Leaf Garden Blitz garden box or rented a plot through the Brown County Community Gardens Program. Pairs meet five times (virtually or in person, typically at the mentee's home or community garden, to be decided by each pair) over the course of the season in order to provide guidance and build gardening confidence. Dates, times, and location are up to you! Mentors will receive a mentoring guide filled with helpful handouts, tips, and a schedule of topics to cover. There's also room for flexibility and creativity.
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Thanks to our 2021 Garden Blitz sponsors! |
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The New Leaf Garden Blitz is a project of New Leaf Foods. Our program also benefits from community support including Brown County Community Gardens programs and Green Bay Botanical Garden. |
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