About SN’s Land Use Partnership Initiative
Photo by Dylan Wallace It’s hard to imagine now, but according to this map on the Nantucket Historical Association’s web site, there were over 100 farms on Nantucket in the 1850’s. In 2007, when SN...
View ArticleUpdate on Land Use Partnership Initiative with Pilot Grazing Project
In 2011 Sustainable Nantucket launched our Land Use Partnership Initiative with a Pilot Grazing Project in partnership with the Nantucket Island Land Bank and Faraway Farms. A Sustainable Nantucket...
View ArticleNantucket Garden Club Grant Benefits SN Farm to School Garden
Sustainable Nantucket is thrilled to announce that its Farm to School Program has received a generous $5,000 grant from the Nantucket Garden Club. The funds received will be used for garden...
View ArticleFun for All at Discover Your Garden/Family Picnic Day at the Joyce N. Furman...
Monday, October 10th marked Sustainable Nantucket’s first Discover Your Garden and Family Picnic Day at the Joyce N. Furman FARM TO SCHOOL Youth Garden. Over 75 people were in attendance, with Fire...
View ArticleMoving Planet Action Day – How We Participated
On September 24th, Sustainable Nantucket and Far Away Farms intern Justine Paradise; Sustainable Nantucket’s Farm-to-School intern Elizabeth Murphy; and community volunteer Zack Dusseau lead a team of...
View ArticleProgress in our Farm to School Garden
Update: Farm to School in Action! Fall 2011 Sunflowers: This fall, SN Program Manager Morgan Beryl and Francie Baskett of ISLE (Interest-based Student Learning & Enrichment) Program worked on a...
View ArticleSustainable Nantucket is Grateful Recipient of Grant Support
Sustainable Nantucket would like to thank the following organizations for their recent, generous grant awards: ReMain Nantucket has awarded SN a $7,500 grant, designed to aid SN in remaining in our...
View ArticleSense of Place Film Series Returns on Saturday, October 25
Sustainable Nantucket is pleased to announce that its Sense of Place Film series is returning on Saturday, October 29th with the screening of Vanishing of the Bees. This Film Series is co-sponsored...
View ArticleFarm to School in the Winter
What do we do at Farm to School when it is too cold to bring students to the garden? When it’s too cold to bring students to the garden, our Farm to School Coordinator Calin Duke brings the garden to...
View ArticleNantucket Golf Club Grant Assures Growth of Farm to School Program
Sustainable Nantucket’s Farm to School Program has been awarded a generous $15,000 grant from the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation. Funds from this grant will be used to hire and pay a stipend for two...
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