Join Mill City Grows for a celebration of the fall season at our "Harvest Day at the Farm" event on Saturday, September 21 from 1pm-4pm at our Big Urban Farm in Lowell! Full details at www.MillCityGrows.org or visit our event page for 2024 Mill City Grows Harvest Day at the Farm - https://lnkd.in/e7nMA-Hh
Mill City Grows
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Lowell, Massachusetts 397 followers
Growing a healthy community in Lowell since 2011
About us
Mill City Grows' mission is to improve physical health, economic independence and environmental sustainability in Lowell through increased access to land, locally grown food and education. Mill City Grows (MCG) has been working on innovative ways to combat food injustice in Lowell, Massachusetts since 2011. We pursue this mission through the following strategies and programs: education both in and out of schools, supporting community leadership through community gardens, increasing urban agriculture in Lowell through two urban farms, implementing a mobile market, and empowering people to produce their own food. MCG’s two main program areas are Food Access and Food Education. Our work in Food Justice is rooted in the idea that a well-educated community will make healthier choices.
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http://www.millcitygrows.org
External link for Mill City Grows
- Industry
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Lowell, Massachusetts
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2011
- Specialties
- Urban Agriculture, Food Education, Food Access, Community Gardening, Community building, Urban revitalization, and Food Justice
Locations
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Get directions
PO Box 7133
150 Western Ave., B Mill, Unit A.
Lowell, Massachusetts 01852, US
Employees at Mill City Grows
Updates
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MCG IN THE NEWS! "Big Urban Farm hosts state agriculture tour" https://lnkd.in/esrnXeKG 🌽 Mill City Grows was honored to be a part of a statewide tour led by MDAR (Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources) to celebrate the 1st Annual Urban Agriculture Week across the Commonwealth! Thank you so much to Melanie Gilbert at The Sun News for covering this visit and showcasing the culturally connected, food access programming happening on our Urban Farm. . #UrbanAgriculture #MillCityGrows #Lowell #LikeLowell City of Lowell
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🌱 Join Mill City Grows for our Annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, May 18 from 10am - 2pm in Lowell, MA! 🛍 Enjoy a Farmers Market PLUS visit local food vendors and sample tasty bites! 🌾 Admission is FREE and free onsite parking will be available at the UMass Lowell East Campus Garage, right next to the event at the UMass Lowell Rist Urban Agriculture Farm. 🌿 YOUR PLANT SALE PURCHASE SUPPORTS OUR FOOD ACCESS & EDUCATION PROGRAMS! 🌿 Get full details at MillCityGrows.org! . #Lowell #LikeLowell
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Join Mill City Grows for our Annual Spring Plant Sale and take home beautiful Lowell-grown plants for your garden! We'll have herb, flower, fruit, and veggie plants available, PLUS, our MCG Mobile Farmers Market will be on site as well as local food vendors! We welcome SNAP/EBT/HIP at our Mobile Farmers Market and for purchasing fruit and veggie plants. We look forward to seeing you! . #MillCityGrows #PlantSale #SpringPlanting #Lowell
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Mill City Grows is now accepting applications for the following positions based in our headquarters in Lowell, MA. Find the full position descriptions here: https://lnkd.in/eBxU8XUZ 🐝 Seasonal Farmhand Full-time, Hourly, Seasonal Start Date: As soon as April 1 and no later than April 15 End Date: End of October 2024 🫛 Seasonal Market Operator (bi-lingual) Hourly, Seasonal Start Date: As soon as April 1 and no later than April 15 End Date: End of October 2024 #Hiring #Lowell #UrbanFarm #FarmersMarket #FoodJustice #Massachusetts
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We are pumped for the upcoming Seed Swap at the MCG Headquarters on Saturday 3/16 💪 This event is free, open to the public, and fully accessible. Get details at our event page, including event flyers translated into 9 of the languages spoken in and around Lowell - https://lnkd.in/d5jYDNaZ We respectfully require masks for all attendees at this event. Complimentary masks will be provided.
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🌟 Food! 🍅 Community! 🌿 Sustainabilty! Mill City Grows appears in this week's sustainability-themed episode of "Lowell Current" with City Manager Tom Golden: https://lnkd.in/egawTDqD Thanks to LTC (Lowell Telemedia Center) and City of Lowell, our CSA and Mobile Markets were featured alongside MCG's ROOT Kitchen! This year, we are opening the ROOT Kitchen to the community to rent as a commercial kitchen or use for cooking classes. For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/ehfU7vAq
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Food education is an important part of Mill City Grows Community Gardens. On March 2, 2024, gardeners are invited to Planting 101, a class on basic gardening skills and seed starting. Current Community Gardeners and School Gardeners may attend for free and all others for a donation to MCG. Learn more and register at: https://lnkd.in/ePpRzpUA
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We have a part-time opportunity for community-driven, food justice work! We are seeking a School Education Coordinator to work closely with our School Education Manager to offer garden and nutrition education to students of all abilities in grades K-12. No experience teaching is necessary, but an interest in education and a passion for growing is mandatory. The position description can be found on Mill City Grows site - https://lnkd.in/eBxU8XUZ - Applications will be reviewed immediately. Deadline to apply is Friday, Feb. 9, 2024
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🌿 We're so excited to share this New Year message from Mill City Grows' leadership team! Welcome to 2024 from MCG's Co-Directors, Ali, Courtney, and Dai! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e2_FquXB #Lowell #GrowingForLowell #GrowingASustainableFuture City of Lowell LikeLowell
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