With the help of GardeningKnowHow, StarkFresh hopes to prepare Turtle Park for its 2018 season, providing more job training and fresh produce to Stark County citizens in need. We're so proud to be able to help them with this mission. GardeningKnowHowSponsorshipRecipient: the Young Gardeners Program. This year, GardeningKnowHow’s School and Community Garden Sponsorships program was fortunate enough to help support 20 gardens with $1,000 each. Congratulations to the recipients of our 5th Annual Community GardenSponsorship Grant! Learn more about these 20 outstanding gardens that are helping communities from Hawaii to Nova Scotia and everywhere in between – and how you can apply for next y... That’s how Executive Director Tom Phillips, who led the Canton-based nonprofit fighting hunger across Stark County, described the organization’s work to Farm and Dairy. After more than a decade combating food insecurity, StarkFresh, the Canton-based nonprofit known for bringing... StarkFresh, a nonprofit agency that opened grocery stores to help people in food desert communities access affordable food in recent years, will officially close its doors at its Alliance location. StarkFresh Urban Teaching Farm is a local farm in Canton, Ohio.This setting allows for hands-on learning for all ages and provides a platform for partnering groups to teach proper gardening, eating, cooking, preservation, and farming techniques to the public at no cost to them. This is why StarkFresh’s project of opening a grocery store in this area was not only a great idea but a necessary one for the health of the community. Once they found the perfect location, StarkFresh needed to take care of construction costs to make it properly outfitted for a grocery store. Additional Information About StarkFresh, Stark County Poverty And Hunger. What’s StarkFresh? The nonprofit has been operating in Canton since 1983, emerging in 2012 with urban farms, mobile groceries, farmers markets and learning gardens. Ahead, a culinary expert explains how to freeze bananas, how long fresh and frozen bananas last, and if you should peel bananas before you freeze them.How to Freeze Bananas to Use in Everything From Smoothies to Baked Goods. Never toss another banana. StarkFresh's Food Justice Campus houses a neighborhood-sized grocery store in an area of town that previously had no affordable food access. Through Lowe's Hometowns, the organization will make updates and repairs to the exterior, including replacing roof shingles... Here's how the program works: At the end of the planting season, retailers gather up their unsold seeds. Normally, these seeds are destroyed, but thanks to StarkFresh, they are collected, stored for nine months, and distributed to the public for free the next planting season. The loss of StarkFresh is a massive blow to residents in north Alliance.The nonprofit agency, focused on food equity in Stark County, cited financial and operational challenges that led to the decision to close down.
