Grow! Twin Cities, New Urban Farm

Prayers can come true if you live them.  A Lakota Sioux elder once told a group of folks I was sitting with that if you want to see your prayers come true you have to live them.  What he said struck a chord with me.  If I pray for a healthy environment then I need to work for health in the environment.  By this way of living I am empowered to work for a miracle.  I like that because life on this planet seems like it needs a miracle right now. 

From a grower's point of view, we can start living our prayers for healthy food, clean water, and a clean environment when we pick up a shovel and begin digging in to the work of transforming our food system, one steaming scoop of compost at a time.  We've got a hard row to hoe in order to see our prayers for health and sustainability come true, but there's no better time to start transforming the way we grow our food than right now, and right now Giving Tree Gardens is digging in.  We're proud to announce our collaboration with local food activists and farmers in the creation of Grow! Twin Cities, a model urban farm and multi-cultural growers co-op right on Rice Street.  
Plans include growing organic, heirloom vegetable starts in our greenhouses during the spring followed by heirloom peppers, tomatoes and melons during the summer and of course, we’ll be making tons of compost all season long. Several immigrant farmers will use the tillable land to grow for market. Plans may also include a beekeeper and fish farmer and growing other plants including; herbs, natives and plants for permaculture landscapes.  Long term plans include replicating similar sites throughout the Twin Cities area.  

Grow! Twin Cities will pool the talents and resources of local farmers from a variety of cultures to build this farm and co-op and begin the work of strengthening our local food system and bringing health to Twin Cities tables. There is room to Grow! with us, farmers and market gardeners looking for land and greenhouse space for rent in the Twin Cities should call (612) 492-1435 for more information.

You Can Help! 

Grow! Twin Cities is currently holding a fundraiser plant sale.  Purchase strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry plants for planting in your own yard and help grow this exciting new urban farm with every purchase!  Plant sale order forms and more information are available by calling (612) 492-1435 or 
emailing Russ Henry (rhenry@gtgardens.com)....

Watch for a new Grow! T.C. website sometime after spring planting season...

Together with your help we can Grow! Twin Cities!