Need for Food Independence services continues to grow
Food Independence was hot on a cold January day! 414 food boxes were distributed. That is the highest ever total for January and 2nd highest ever for a non-holiday (November,[…]
Category: Our Work
3 workshops in February: Fruit tree pruning Feb 8, “Grow More Vegetable” workshops Saturday, February 15 and March 1
Join us Saturday February 8 from 11am until 1 pm at the Permaculture Garden at Church of the Good Shepherd. The Garden is located at 9441 Grayson Parkway in Baywood.[…]
Online Market returns to Locally Grown
Thank you to all our customers and vendors who have made the Online Market possible since 2013. We have returned to our old sales platform because of ease of use[…]
Permaculture Book discussion, February 27
The Permaculture group will meet at 5:00 pm, Thursday evening February 27 (alterative weather date will be determined as needed) at the home of Ann Watson in Independence (call 276-768-8171[…]
Happy New Year! Workshop Schedule.
I hope everyone is staying warm during this unusually cold January. We will be offering workshops again this year instead of our monthly Monday meetings and partnering with the IFM[…]
IFM Schedule
We are looking forward to a great 2025 season. It is possible that opening day may be April 18 for a Easter Market. We are still polling the vendors for[…]
Planning for the “near future” at Food Independence
Food Independence has grown about fivefold since opening in 2020. We now source over 150,000 pounds of food per year that is distributed on a monthly basis to about 380[…]
It’s Giving Tuesday
Dear friends and neighbors, I want to thank everyone for their generous donations at our Annual Meeting and Auction. If you would like to make an additional donation to Grayson[…]