The Mission of Grow Local Greenwood Lake is to create a resilient, regenerative local food system to enhance the environmental and social health of Greenwood Lake and the surrounding communities.
Tour the Bountiful Gardens of Greenwood Lake.
The Victory Garden Tour celebrates local food, resilience, history, and neighborhood pride. Whether its a backyard garden, raised bed, container garden, herb garden, edible landscaping, or small vegetable patches, Grow Local Greenwood Lake is showing how we can grow food to feed our families and the community.
Lakeside Farmers Market at Greenwood Lake
Lakeside Farmers Market has a full complement of vendors including naturally grown vegetables, fruit, eggs, meat, mushrooms, baked goods, spirits, prepared foods, soaps and personal products, and other hand-crafted items. We also host non-profit organizations weekly to bring important information and fun to our market.
Sonshine Park
Learn more about this project to transform this downtown park with native pollinators plants along with other enhancements. This project is in collaboration with the Greenwood Lake Lions Club. Click here to learn more and donate.
Education - Food Sovereignty - Community -
Education - Food Sovereignty - Community -
Most food travels 1500 miles to get to our plates, a long way to go for a meal! The best way to ensure fresh, healthy affordable food is to grow most of our own.
Grow Local Greenwood Lake believes strongly in the importance and impact of producing, distributing and consuming local food.
Five Reasons to Localize the Food Supply:
Local food builds vibrant, strong communities
Local food is tastier, healthier and safer
Growing local food creates opportunities to preserve open spaces and promote biodiversity
Investing in local food supports families, farms and entrepreneurs
Local food builds community resilience, which is the ongoing ability of a system — like a community — to absorb disturbance and still retain basic function and structure
When we think global about food shortages, resource depletion and climate change, we are inspired to act local when it comes to managing our food supply.
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“What and how we eat determines to some extent how the whole planet is used”
— Wendell Berry
It Takes a Village!
If you're new to Grow Local Greenwood Lake, come meet other folks dreaming about a resilient future. Together we can expand our network of allies and cross-pollinate with a regenerative community.