Miami Valley Grown

Connecting local producers with local consumers

MVG connects local growers, farmers & producers with local buyers, striving to educate our community of the benefits of buying locally.

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Friends of MVGrown $20/year

Lisa Grigsby
Cindi Remm

Producer/Grower $50/year
Blue Jacket Dairy
Mulberry Creek Farm
Aulwood Audubon Center & Farm
Country Pines Christmas Tree Farm
Fulton Farms
Mile Creek Farm
Breaking Ground
Smith Farm Pure Honey
Tüken's Orchard Farm Market
Spring Run Farm & CSA
Shekinah Ranch Aquaculture Ctr.

Corporate $100/year
Dorothy Lane Market
El Meson
Gudorf Law Group
Ohio State U. Extension
Five Rivers MetroParks
Farm 2 Fork Fresh
Montgomery County Job & Family Services
The Chiminey's Inn Catering
Stockslager's Greenhouse & Garden Center

Members

  • Nan Whaley
  • Adam Smith
  • Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Assn
  • Morning Meadows Farm
  • Angel King
  • William Matthew Cox
  • Brooke Medlin
  • Diane Lutz
  • Jason Combs
  • Nina Lapitan
  • Theresa Gasper
  • Steve Dent
  • Carmela M Dixon
  • Amy Lee
  • Howard Solganik
  • Glenn & Gail Stevens Shourds

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Events

Blog Posts

Luci

Any baby food canning/making classes?

Hey - someone posted to a Farm Life/Local Harvest canning blog this
question... Is anyone offering classes on how to make your own baby
food? I don't know of any, but hoped someone here might! Luci

Posted by Luci on June 22, 2010 at 9:20am

Amy Lee

HALF-shares available this year in the Farm2ForkFresh CSA!



If you haven't signed up for a CSA yet, the Farm2ForkFresh CSA is accepting members, and has half-shares available this year for single folks and/or smaller families! You can even sign up online at www.farm2forkfresh.com.
Just scroll down to the bottom of the page where there's a PDF document-- you can fill in your name, pickup location, payment info, etc. ONLINE and just email it

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Posted by Amy Lee on May 10, 2010 at 1:00pm

Lisa Grigsby

2010 Miami Valley Gardener Resources Calendar


To dowlnoad this pdf click: Calendar_2010.pdf



Here's a great resource for gardeners that lists dates and events for
the below partners:

Five Rivers MetroParks (FRMP): for more information, call (937) 275-7… Continue

Posted by Lisa Grigsby on April 18, 2010 at 7:23pm

Five Rivers MetroParks

Job openings at Five Rivers MetroParks

There are a few job openings at Five Rivers MetroParks for those who don't mind getting their hands dirty:

Part-Time Program Assistant (Education)
Five Rivers MetroParks
Dayton, Ohio


This job reports to the GWYN Manager

Relocation is not provided and travel is not required.

This is a Part-Time position, working 1st Shift, 2nd Shift, Weekends.

Num… Continue

Posted by Five Rivers MetroParks on January 14, 2010 at 4:08pm

Naphtali Benkponeakpo

LOOKING FOR AGRICULTURAL/FARM WORK

CURRICULUM VITAE/RESUME

NAPHTALI L. BENKPONEAKPO
910 SANDPIPER CT, DAYTON, OH-45424. TEL;937-236-1722
Lambert5050@yahoo.com

PERSONAL PROFILE

Date of birth : 07/14/1982
Home country: Ghana
Home town: Jugboi
Marital status: Single
Languages spoken: English, Mo, Ashanti twi.
Hobbies: Reading, soccer, music
Sex: Male

Recent Summa Cum Laude graduate with Bsc in Agric. Technology (Economics & Extension option), with 3.3 GPA, possessing Agriculture & farm business and Rural community develo… Continue

Posted by Naphtali Benkponeakpo on January 12, 2010 at 12:16am

Lisa Grigsby

Care Farming

A new paradigm for social health care with positive benefits for the entire community.
(from the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Resurgence)

The Japanese visionary and environmentalist Masanobu Fukuoka once stated that “the ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings”. This sentiment is at the heart of ‘care farms’ which aim to combine care and meaningful work in the supportive natural environment of farms, woodlands and market ga… Continue

Posted by Lisa Grigsby on January 9, 2010 at 11:50am

Luci

Urban Ag Portland Style

(from a Kansas City Center for Urban Ag Newsletter)
Urban Agriculture Seen as Integral to Portland's Strategy for Sustainability
City responds to residents' calls for a more localized food system.

Steve Cohen manages food policy and programs for the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. He focuses on all aspects of a sustainable food system including land use planning, urban agriculture, food security, economic development, purchasing, composting and climate change. Steve has… Continue

Posted by Luci on January 5, 2010 at 2:23pm — 1 Comment

Emily Jackle

Eggs for Sale!

Mile Creek Farm now has fresh brown eggs from our pastured flock of hens for $3.50 /dz. Our hens get organic feed to supplement the grass and bugs they eat. We are working on our Organic Certification and so the eggs are raised in accordance to all the rules. We will be certified in the Spring. Email info@milecreekfarm.com for more info

Posted by Emily Jackle on December 31, 2009 at 1:43pm

Amy Lee

White House Hoop House!

Hey, I want a hoop house too! How about a first time hoop house tax credit? Still, I think it's great MObama is promoting healthy eating right from the start-- the garden!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/12/16/planting-winter-garden

Posted by Amy Lee on December 17, 2009 at 5:00pm

Lisa Grigsby

Grow $700 of Food in 100 Square Feet!

If more Americans grew a little food — instead of so much grass — our savings on grocery bills would be astounding.

Check out this great article from a recent issue of Mother Earth News By Rosalind Creasy with Cathy Wikinson Barash:… Continue

Posted by Lisa Grigsby on December 11, 2009 at 10:51am

Forum

Laura Hanson

Organic farmer available to speak!

Started by Laura Hanson Oct. 16, 2009.

Glenn & Gail Stevens Shourds

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Started by Glenn & Gail Stevens Shourds May. 31, 2009.

 
 
 

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Latest Activity

JennO is now a member of Miami Valley Grown
June 22
Luci added a blog post
Hey - someone posted to a Farm Life/Local Harvest canning blog this question... Is anyone offering classes on how to make your own baby food? I don't know of any, but hoped someone here might! Luci
June 22
kate T. Campbell and Amy Casada joined Miami Valley Grown
May 22
Amy Lee and Brian Raison are now friends
May 11
Amy Lee added a blog post
If you haven't signed up for a CSA yet, the Farm2ForkFresh CSA is accepting members, and has half-shares available this year for single folks and/or smaller families! You can even sign up online at www.farm2forkfresh.com.Just scroll down to the bot…
May 10
Lisa Grigsby added a blog post
To dowlnoad this pdf click: Calendar_2010.pdfHere's a great resource for gardeners that lists dates and events for the below partners:Five Rivers MetroParks (FRMP): for more information, call (937) 275-7275 or see quarterly Parkways. Grow With Your…
April 18
AB Smith is now a member of Miami Valley Grown
April 17
Carolyn joined Lisa Grigsby's group
A group to unite all with an interest in urban farming in the Dayton Region. Our goal is to learn from each other and further the reach of local foods!
April 7

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