Fourteen Twin Cities advocates traveled to Duluth for the Metro Food Justice Network summit, returning with renewed purpose and a clearer picture of the work ahead, including a new digital platform designed to address food insecurity block by block in North Minneapolis.
Project Sweetie Pie
From the farm to the neighborhood: Michael Chaney’s lifelong harvest
Project Sweetie Pie founder Michael Chaney has spent more than 30 years weaving together climate justice, urban farming and community organizing in North Minneapolis rooted in a tradition of community-led, community-fed change.
‘Soil Syndicate’ wants more people to see waste as a resource
Project Sweetie Pie and KilimoMax Solutions launched the Soil Syndicate on Aug. 23 in North Minneapolis, showcasing composting and biochar as tools for soil health and community resilience.
Project Sweetie Pie’s Foster Green initiative aims to transform North Minneapolis into a greener community
Project Sweetie Pie’s Foster Green initiative aims to make North Minneapolis greener, and will be celebrated on May 18 with a green celebration.
Thousands of garden plants gifted to North Mpls
Malmborg’s Garden Center and Greenhouse located in Rogers, Minnesota, one of the largest wholesale plant producers in the United States, has become a generous contributor and friend to North Minneapolis. On Saturday, June 22, 2017, Malmborg’s donated and delivered over 5,000 plants and a ton of vegetables to North High School for the “Green Garden […]
Make America Great — Again?
A poem by Michael Chaney Project Sweetie Pie founder/executive director
