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Food justice at The growhaus

12/11/2019

GLCers found an oasis in the Elyria-Swansea community at The GrowHaus, a non-profit organization working towards food justice in their community. The GrowHaus is a nonprofit indoor farm, marketplace, and educational center in Denver's Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. Their vision is a world where all communities have the means to nourish themselves, and to create a community-driven, neighborhood-based food system by serving as a hub for food distribution, production, education, and economic opportunity.

The evening started in the facilities “growasis,” a beautiful education center with plants growing as high as the ceiling. The activity was led by Monica about how we see food in our daily lives. Do we know what healthy food is? Do we eat healthy? This showed the GLC team that we are all starting off in different places when talking about food justice and healthy eating. We then switched gears and Kristin gave us a wonderful tour of the facility, from the history of the Elyria-Swansea community to the awesome hydroponics, aquaponics, and mushroom farms!

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Urban Animals: Holiday Camp Recap

12/2/2019

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What started off as a chilly morning, only got colder as the day went on. That didn’t stop our campers from diving deep into the world of Denver’s Urban Animals! We had a packed day of fun and learning at SPREE HQ last Monday during our holiday camp.

The day started with our mission from Chompers who told us we would learn about nocturnal nature visitors, water fauna, and pesky park dwellers. The first activity was on a nocturnal animal….

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