Island Grown

To witness our work and visit the farm at Island Grown Initiative, click on the link in our bio. Sign up for a farm tour by selecting the "Get Involved" tab and proceed to "Schedule a Farm Tour" to choose a suitable date and time. Farm tours are available every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30am - 10:30am.⁠
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Photos by: Lisa Berkower & Karen Morgenbesser

Help the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society on their journey to zero waste! The Ag Society is looking for waste management staff to help fairgoers sort their trash, recycling, and compostable waste at the fair this year. With the help of our Island community, great strides toward our long-term goal of being a zero waste Fair have been made. Last year, staff and volunteers diverted 8,200 lbs of compostable materials and 10,200 lbs of recyclables from the landfill! The Ag Society is looking for adults to help in the waste stations, or at the new sorting station, and kids/teens to perform various classic and new "trash kid" jobs.⁠
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For more information and to sign up, click the link: https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/60B044BABAF2EA5F85-50401407-2024

Volunteers are the heartbeat of IGI. Volunteers at the Island Food Pantry play many different roles! From sorting and stocking donations to assisting clients with food selection, picking up food from donation boxes around the Island, and reaching out to local businesses for food drives, they do it all!

Photos by .cecil

You don’t want to miss this!

Thank you to the Union Chapel MV for hosting this fundraiser!

Join us on August 3rd for a Pickleball Event Fundraiser to benefit Island Grown of Martha's Vineyard!

Register now --> [email protected]

Open to all levels of play.

Get your IGI t-shirt for the summer!

T-shirts will be for sale on Thursdays from 1:00-5:30PM at our farm at 80 Stoney Hill Road in the Vineyard Haven.
Head over to our CSA stand - park by the community garden and walk toward the green CSA tent at the front of our storage barn/cooler barn.

T-shirts are $35 and we accept cash and check

Our field crew spends their time farming the land at our 42 acre farm. They carry on a tradition of farming this land that stretches back over 400 years.

Tours are available Tuesdays and Thursdays this summer.

Visit the link in bio to sign up!

Photos by: Lisa Berkower

Head over to to get this stylish hat! 100% of profits go to to support all of our work across the island. 🌱

https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2024/07/11/new-meals-programs-aims-help-islands-hungry

New Meals Programs Aims to Help the Island’s Hungry In addition to providing meals at various camps, summer schools, libraries and the YMCA as it has done for eight years, Island Grown Initiative has added a “meal kit” initiative this summer to combat food insecurity.

It’s that time of the year again! Returning this coming Tuesday July 9th until September 26th we will have a van stocked with island grown produce and eggs at our Mobile Market!
Above is the schedule and timing information. We can’t wait to see you and add some color to your plates! 🥒🥕🥬

CSA members don’t forget to come stop by the farmand pick your own flowers and veggies! Currently we are growing some delicious snap peas, kale, beets and beautiful sunflowers.

Many people fondly remember picking strawberries at IGI's farm, formerly known as Thimble Farm, long before IGI began growing on the land. Take a look at some vintage photos from 1996 of people enjoying strawberry picking. The final photo is from the present day, taken nearly in the same spot.

For the eighth summer running, Island Grown Initiative’s Community Lunch Program will provide free lunches throughout summer vacation to Island families to help bridge the nutrition gap while school is out. The program will run from July 2nd - August 30th.

This year, we are introducing a new approach to make the program more convenient and personalized: families can now order customized meal kits for the entire week through an online form available on our website: igimv.org/community-lunch. Orders are to be placed on Wednesdays by 3PM. Our team will package the kits, and families can pick them up every Tuesday from 4-6PM at the IGI kitchen.

Food pantries see unprecedented demand as high prices and other economic pressures continue. Read more below:

Thousands of Islanders use free food programs - The Martha's Vineyard Times Every weekday afternoon, Jenny Devivo stocks the Martha’s Vineyard Boys and Girls Club two-year-old free food pantry with fresh produce, meats, and ready-made meals for needy families. As a line forms out the door, she hands out farm donations, rescued food, discounted Costco and Ocean State Job L...

We hope to see you at the Climate Action Fair this Sunday!

Exciting news! Our Summer CSA registration is now OPEN! Secure your spot today for a season filled with fresh, locally grown produce straight from our farm to your table. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to support local agriculture and enjoy the best of summer’s bounty. Sign up here: igimv.org/csa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-8HdlNQdqo

We are happy to share our employee housing ribbon cutting ceremony. It captures the joy of the day and reiterates how important employee housing is for Island organizations. IGI is proud to be a leader in this effort.

IGI Employee Housing Grand Opening

🌟 Join Our Team! 🌟 ⁠
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We're seeking enthusiastic individuals who share our vision to build a regenerative and equitable food system with the Martha’s Vineyard community.⁠
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Check out our website for more details on available positions and how to apply: igimv.org/employment

We will have free meal kits available next week during school vacation week. Pre-order here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8Cr7z1_my_RLvXzJBxflqt0s5iTrDa8IXSAQCUknll1qvkA/viewform

We hope to see you tomorrow!

Food Inc. 2 | Sneak Peek In Food, Inc. 2, the sequel to the 2008 Oscar®-nominated and Emmy®-award winning documentary, Food, Inc., filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo reunit...

We hope to see you next week! IGI will be discussing local food systems and how you can get involved following the screening.

bon Voyage, journey to France with THE TASTE OF THINGS and THE CRIME IS MINE Discuss local food systems with IGI on the 9th after FOOD INC. 2     Celebrating 25 years as the Vineyard's Premier Non-Profit Member-Supported Film Organization Greetings from the MV Film Center, The

A cheering crowd came together under gray March skies to help us mark the completion of our new employee housing at the IGI Farm in Vineyard Haven. Read more below:

Island Grown celebrates employee housing - The Martha's Vineyard Times After over 5 years of planning, designing and construction, Island Grown Initiative of Martha’s Vineyard unveiled new employee housing this week with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new development includes four housing units — two, 1-bedroom and two, 2-bedroom — on Stony Hill Road in Vineyard ...

We are forever grateful to the amazing Rebecca Haag for leading our organization for the last eight years with such strength, vision, and commitment. Today is her last day as our Executive Director. Join us in raising a glass to Rebecca and all that she has given IGI and our Island community!

Island Grown Initiative is in the running to receive a $5,000 Community Impact Grant from the Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation. In order to receive it, we need votes!⁠
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VOTE HERE: https://m.cmpgn.page/VS3d9g
Voting is open until April 17th.⁠
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*Please note that the Island Food Pantry is a program of IGI's.

Thanks to the kindness of a generous donor, our new loader has arrived at the farm, and its impact is already substantial. It's enhancing the efficiency of our compost operation, enabling us to spread hundreds of yards of compost across the fields for the upcoming season, and aiding us in organizing the farm for spring.

Our Summer Teen Internship is now open for applications!⁠
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In this position, interns will work hands-on in IGI’s farming and food equity programs to grow food and feed the community. This is a great opportunity to explore a future food-related career while giving back to the Island community. ⁠
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Click the link to view the full details and application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdl41B36V-hoCer-7al9-uP0XZNY6BdkczR2CuMInUJSxOpTQ/viewform

We are thrilled to share the exciting news about our new leadership team!

Island Grown Initiative Names New Leadership Team The Island Grown board of directors this week announced that senior director of programs Noli Taylor will become executive director of programs and outreach, with managing director Michelle Gittlen the executive director of operations.

We hope to see you tomorrow!

Tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 17, from 12:30-2pm at the West Tisbury Library, the MV Community Seed Library will be hosting our Annual Seed Swap!

Bring any open-pollinated / heirloom seed packets or saved seed to swap and share or donate to the seed cabinet. Check in your seeds, learn about germination testing, talk to gardening pros, and learn about making leaf mold.

No sign up needed to attend. This event is free and open to the public.

The MV Community Seed Library is a collaborative project of Island Grown, Whippoorwill Farm, the West Tisbury Free Public Library, and Island home gardeners.

Congratulations to High School student Shevaun Brown who placed second in the engineering category at the MVRHS science fair!⁠
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His well researched project was inspired by a field trip to IGI with his High School science class. He investigated different mixtures for a peat free, plastic free soil block for seed starting.