Two Island nonprofits caught in a lengthy dispute over the restoration of the headwaters of a river snaking through West Tisbury and Chilmark say they are close to a resolution. Officials with both the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation and Island Grown Initiative, who have been at odds over the replacement of a culvert at the head […]
The Island Grown Initiative (IGI) Community Lunch Program is in its final week of the season. It served 14,000 free lunches to the Island community over eight weeks of the summer school vacation. The program, which is in its seventh year, delivered lunches to 14 locations this year. The locations included the English Language Learning […]
Every August we celebrate jiló, a variety of eggplant that is popular in Brazilian cuisine. Originally from Africa, and still grown and eaten there, jiló traveled to Brazil with enslaved peoples. The plant has many of the same growing requirements as eggplant, but does benefit from being started as a seedling in a greenhouse, […]
Health Imperatives Martha’s Vineyard has been awarded $374,000 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the implementation of a new program aimed at helping reduce hunger and improve nutrition on the Island. With the new funding, Health Imperatives plans on expanding access to underserved community members by offering a broader range of services and […]