While you are doing your day-to-day cooking every week, you accumulate a LOT of food waste. From cutting off any bad bits to the excess pieces you aren’t eating in that meal (like carrot tops, onion skins, and potato skins), we end up with all those extra scraps. Most people in America throw those scraps… The post Veggie Broth appeared first on ..read more

After a whole year of keeping our programs small and reserved, we’re excited to be announcing a robust line-up of programs this summer at our Urban Farm Campus! We will of course still be maintaining social distancing, practicing masking, and keeping group sizes small in order to keep our staff and community safe. But with… The post Summer Programs & Building a Local Food System in Harambee! appeared first on ..read more

  So, you’ve been dreaming about installing a Victory Garden in your yard but you aren’t sure where exactly to put it. Maybe you’re a novice gardener and just have no clue how to get started. Or maybe you’ve been gardening since you were little but your new home doesn’t have a garden and you’ve… The post 4 Steps to Choosing the Best Spot for Your Raised Bed Victory Garden appeared first on ..read more

by Christine Noelle, Director of Operations & Development Christine Noelle in a freshly installed Blitz bed during the 2019 Blitz This will be my 6th time Blitzing with VGI, my 4th as an employee. I look forward to the Blitz more than I have any other task I have ever done professionally. The Blitz has… The post Why We Blitz appeared first on ..read more

Dear VGI Community, On behalf of myself and the entire board of directors, I would like to first acknowledge with awe, thankfulness and gratitude how we not only ‘weathered’ 2020 but how VGI went above and beyond difficult times. With AWE:  At the staff and VGI leaders who got creative to continue to make the… The post Rolling Into 2021 with Awe, Thankfulness, and Gratitude appeared first on ..read more

  by Christine Noelle, Director of Operations & Development Hello Foodies, Gardeners, and Friends! As we finally approach the end of this historic year, I am seeing a lot of people who cannot wait to forget 2020 and start fresh in the New Year. While I too am looking forward with hope for a better… The post 2020: A Year in Pictures appeared first on ..read more

by Michelle Dobbs, Executive Director Every shut eye ain’t asleep. Every goodbye ain’t gone. – Grandma proverb Fall is funny; maybe because hibernation looks a lot like sleep. The thing we often forget is that hibernation is a vital part of life. Every living thing needs periods of rest to ensure their survival, and prepare… The post A Message from our New Executive Director! appeared first on ..read more

by Jay Johnson As the Youth Program Coordinator at VGI, I have the privilege of working with young people and teaching them how to grow and cook food.  Every Tuesday and Wednesday throughout this past school year I cooked with about 15 elementary school aged children at their after-school club. To many of you, that… The post Cooking with Kids: It’s Not as Scary as You Think! appeared first on ..read more

by Christine Kuhn, Co-Executive Director       Here at Victory Garden Initiative, we’ve been working on a vision for a community-led, environmentally sustainable, socially just, and nutritious food system right here in Milwaukee since 2008. At our new organizational headquarters in the Harambee neighborhood we run a 1.5 acre urban farm and just finished construction… The post Healing a Food System on the Verge of Collapse appeared first on ..read more

February 5, 2020 Dear Friends of VGI, On behalf of the board of directors, committed staff and all the dedicated volunteers, we want to thank you all for helping us reach our Annual Giving goal of over $30,000 for 2019!! We are all deeply grateful for your generosity and continued belief in the impact we… The post Letter from the Board Chair appeared first on ..read more