A publication of the Baltimore Food & Faith Project supported by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
The Good Food Digest
Calendar
Spring 2013
Fourteen faith communities
receive garden grants!
Thank you to everyone who applied
for a garden grant this year. We are
thrilled to have awarded funds to
14 faith communities in the Greater
Baltimore area to create or maintain
vegetable, fruit and herb gardens as a
way to improve our region’s food security. With five brand new gardens,
we bring our total number of faith
community gardens in the Baltimore
Food & Faith family to 41.
Congratulations to all of our 2013
recipients, listed below, and best of
luck throughout the upcoming growing season!
• Al Rahmah School Garden, Woodlawn (new)
• Baltimore Shambalah Center’s “Garden Deleg,” Clifton Park City Farms
• Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church’s Community Garden on
the Hill, Woodbrook/Rodgers Forge
• Epiphany Episcopal Church’s Community Garden, Dulaney Valley (new)
• Essex United Methodist Church’s Garden of Grace, Essex
• Faith Community United Methodist Church’s Gardens of Hamilton, Hamilton
• Lakeland Presbyterian Church’s Community Orchard, Lakeland (new)
• Netivot Shalom’s Kiddush Garden, Pikesville
• Old Otterbein United Methodist Church’s Mini Gardens, Otterbein (new)
• Pleasant Hope Baptist Church’s “Maxine’s Garden,” Govans
• St. Philip and James Parish’s “St. Patrick’s Garden,” Charles Village/Remington (new)
• St. Luke Lutheran Church’s Community Garden, Parkville
• Temple Adas Shalom (Harford Jewish Center) “Jewish Holiday Garden,”
Havre de Grace
• Weinberg Senior Village “Community Garden”
May 10
Creation Care Friday Night
Film Screening
The Cathedral of the Incarnation,
the Peabody Room
http://bit.ly/1332DCT
7 – 9 pm
“Vanishing of the Bees” documents both the critical role
played by bees as they pollinate
our crops and the threat to their
health and continued existence
from a range of environmental
challenges.
May 18
Towson Unitarian Universalist
Church May Day Eco-Fair
Towson Unitarian Universalist Church
www.towsonuuc.org/resources/
Green+Fae+May+Day+Flyer.pdf
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Celebrate the Earth by supporting local vendors of eco-friendly
products and services and holistic
health services. There will be live
music and activities, including a
Maypole.
May 25
Reminder: 2013 Good Food Challenge entry
deadline is June 28
All congregations are encouraged to
submit their application for the Good
Food Challenge before June 28 for a
chance to win up to $3,000. The aim
of this Challenge is to assist congregations in making changes to better promote “good food” – food that is sus-
tainably produced, humanely raised,
equitable, healthy, and accessible to
all – and in doing so to become role
models for other congregations in and
beyond Baltimore. Visit http://bit.
ly/132Soi0 for more information.
Baltimore Herb Festival
www.baltimoreherbfestival.com/
Come purchase herbs from local
vendors, enjoy music and attend
talks covering such topics as gardening, elder (the 2013 Herb of
the Year), and the health benefits
of herbs.
Calendar (Continued)
Have you seen our new vacation summer
camp curriculum yet?
The much-anticipated summer camp
curriculum, Growing Faith with Food,
was released earlier this month.
The 10 themed modules are geared
toward ages 5-11, and camp leaders can use the entire curriculum or
choose activities that make the most
sense for their programs. Each module consists of a prayer, song, crafts,
games, recipes for snacks and meals,
story time suggestions, and rainy day
activities, making it perfect for a
summer camp. It can also easily be
used throughout the year during religious education and other gatherings
of kids. Read more and download a
free copy of Growing Faith with Food
at this address http://bit.ly/Ypve5S
May 25
Potluck and Preserving
Irvine Nature Center
www.baltimoreorchard.
org/potluck_and_preserve_
may_31_2013
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Join your friends for some good
eats and a canning demonstration
at Irvine Nature Center.
May 31
Garden Tour & Workshop
Lauraville Farmer’s Market
Two opportunities to help improve local
food and water systems
Here are two ways your congregation
can help improve the Chesapeake Bay
watershed as part of our greater effort to improve the local food system.
The BOP (Baltimore Orchard Project
www.baltimoreorchard.org) is helping
spread the word about the Governor’s
challenge to plant streamside corridors with trees. They are recruiting
congregations who are interested in
planting fruit trees, both as part of
their mission to improve our local
food system and as a way to improve
our local water and soil ecosystems.
If your congregation is interested and
willing, BOP would like to include
that information in its proposal for
funding and needs to know by May 15.
You can find more information at this
web address http://bit.ly/15ck07S
and at the Interfaith Partners for the
Chesapeake website http://www.
chesapeakecovenant.org/trees.htm.
Blue Water Baltimore (www.bluewaterbaltimore.org) is offering rain
barrel workshops or delivery at your
place of worship. Rain barrels can
help you collect rainwater for easier
gardening, as well as reduce stormwater runoff. For a travel fee of
$100, Blue Water Baltimore will host
a workshop to help your congregation
save money by building its own rain
barrels. Do-it-yourself kits can be delivered to save an additional $20 off
the workshop price of $65 per barrel.
For more information, visit this web
address http://bit.ly/132T9ri or call
410-254-1577, ext. 106.
www.bluewaterbaltimore.org/
events/?event_id=399
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Take a garden tour of
the Hamilton-Lauraville
neighborhoods, while learning
tips on composting, companion
planting and more. Contact Blue
Water Baltimore to pick up a rain
barrel afterward
1st & 3rd Saturdays; Every
Wednesday & Friday
Real Food Farm Volunteer Days
Real Food Farm
www.realfoodfarm.org/getinvolved/volunteer/
(9 a.m. - noon)
Open call for volunteers to help
out at this Civic Works farm. No
need to RSVP, just show up with
a water bottle, close-toed shoes,
and work clothes. Rain or shine,
families welcome.