Victory Garden Initiative launches fifth annual orchard contest | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Victory Garden Initiative
December 10, 2016
For the fifth year in a row, Victory Garden Initiative (VGI) is giving away five community orchards through the Fruity Nutty 5 Contest. Communities in Milwaukee County are encouraged to   in the city we call home. To date, VGI has planted 23 orchards across the County. VGI’s mission is to build communities that grow their own food, creating a community-based, socially just, environmentally sustainable, nutritious food system for all.  Planting these five orchards is key to that fruitful work.
. Gather your neighbors and find the application on VictoryGardenInitiative.org/FruityNutty. : hazelnuts, cherries, peaches, pears, apples, plums and more. Winners will be announced at VGI’s Fruity Nutty Affair in February 2017, and volunteers will plant the orchards on Earth Day, April 22nd. This is one of VGI’s most inspiring events of the year, and they look forward to putting the power of growing your food back in your hands.
“,” said one 2015 Fruity Nutty 5 winner. We have gotten to know many of the neighbors and they have been very helpful in providing water for the trees.
Neighborhood orchards provide more than delicious, organic, local fruits and nuts—though they do that as well. They cultivate roots for closer communities. They supplement grocery bills. They get our neighbors outside, enjoying and preserving our environment.
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To learn more and apply, log on to VictoryGardenInitiative.org/FruityNutty or call (414) 431-0888.