Written By Alyssa Fundal, Education & Curriculum Development Intern Plastic has become so common in our everyday lives that when you go grocery shopping, you normally don’t think about the plastic packaging that lines the store’s aisles. It’s no wonder why this polyethylene polymer has been chosen to wrap our Read more…
Written by Miriam Heath Katz, Education and Curriculum Intern When talking about urban agriculture, people might think of raising backyard chickens, raised growing beds, or even indoor vertical farms. The beauty is that it can look different from person to person. Urban agriculture is about taking pieces of traditional farming Read more…
Written by Trista Barrantes, Education & Curriculum Intern There are unique cuisines in every single country with foods seemingly inextricably tied to certain places. But history is rarely linear and some food recipes can hail from very unexpected places. The dish sauerkraut has surprising origins in China, a place rather Read more…
Written by Hanna Barlow, Education and Curriculum Intern Each Green Corner is always focusing on ways to reduce waste. While reducing consumption is the best way to minimize personal waste, finding new uses for items we already have is another wonderful way to reduce waste. Bananas are a key example Read more…
Written by Connor Daugherty, Operations Intern Few people immediately think of cabbage when they hear the word “vegetable,” but 71 million tons of this leafy green (or red) vegetable is produced each year, making cabbage the 4th most grown vegetable around the world. Thus, many cultures feature heavy use of Read more…
Written By Taylor Davis, Communications and Marketing In recent years, countless agricultural and environmental non profits and businesses have begun to promote the concept of shopping and eating locally. But what does this look like in everyday life and during your weekly trips to the grocery store? In order to Read more…
Written By Gavin Westover, Marketing and Communications When you think of America this July 4th, several clear images may come to mind: eagles- particularly bald ones, freedom- even though it’s more of an abstract concept and not really a physical thing, and perhaps most of all, the beautiful red, white, Read more…
Written By Taylor Davis Communications and Marketing On the heels of Each Green Corner’s successful, April 24th plant distribution to the North Fair Oaks neighborhood, we at EGC wanted to provide our community with a few helpful tips for transplanting their own seedlings, whether grown indoors or received as part Read more…
Priti Patel, Education and Curriculum Development The environmental movement has been widely supported by ethnic communities across the world. Yet, several of these communities are continually marginalized in discussions on environmentalism and climate change. Not only are minority communities, including African American and Latino communities, more likely to experience exposure Read more…
Written by Alyssa Fundal, Education & Curriculum Development Plastic has become so common in our everyday lives that when you go grocery shopping, you normally don’t think about the plastic packaging that lines the store’s aisles. It’s no wonder why this polyethylene polymer has been chosen to wrap our food Read more…