For the past 8 years, Victory Garden Initiative has installed raised-bed gardens across Milwaukee and beyond. From May 13-27, over 300 volunteers will join Victory Garden Initiative (VGI) for the nation’s largest garden-building event, the Great Milwaukee Victory Garden BLITZ.
Food Leader Program trains next wave of community leaders
Victory Garden Initiative announces an entirely unique learning and professional growth experience. The 2017 Food Leader Certificate Program begins January 28, 2017 and is an extensive certification program that equips emerging leaders with project management, community organization, and team leadership skills, all in the context of food system realities, growing nutritious, healthy food, and leading food projects in their communities. Registration is now open.
Victory Garden Initiative launches fifth annual orchard contest
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 apply to win up to 30 fruit and nut trees to cultivate beautiful local food sources and pockets of edible abundance in the city we call home.
Victory Garden Initiative launches fifth annual orchard contest
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 apply to win up to 30 fruit and nut trees to cultivate beautiful local food sources and pockets of edible abundance in the city we call home.
Volunteers needed to build over 500 gardens
From Saturday, May 7 through May 21, hundreds of volunteers will join Victory Garden Initiative for the nation’s largest garden-building event, the Great Milwaukee Victory Garden BLITZ. Over these two weeks, volunteers will build approximately 500 4×8’ raised-bed gardens filled with healthy, organic soil in locations throughout Milwaukee. The gardens, bought by community members at […]
Victory Garden Initiative Hiring an Urban Farmer and Educator
Victory Garden Initiative is a non-profit organization that builds communities who grow their own food, reintegrating human and food ecology. We are a small, and growing organization seeking the right set of people to take the organization to greater level of success. This is an exciting time to get involved in the creation a local, […]