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  • 5/10/2025 – Young Gardeners Program Veggie Patch at Crenshaw!

    5/10/2025 – Young Gardeners Program Veggie Patch at Crenshaw!

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    Shop freshly grown produce by YGP’s Veggie Patch at Crenshaw! Meet the students & explore the magic that happens around the school at our YGP Garden Market.

    This fun outdoor event will give students the opportunity to grow their entrepreneurial skills while showcasing their hard work. Be their first customers at this mini-market, shop fresh produce, and support food education and garden programming.

    Donations for produce are welcomed!

    This outdoor event also will have:

    • An Info booth so you can learn more about Young Gardeners Program,

    • Dancing Vegetables,

    • “Sweet Peas” Education Station/Cooking Demo

    • and a Garden Tour by Young Gardeners Program Kids!

    The Young Gardeners Program is a project of Galveston’s Own Farmers Market. You can learn more about YGP here.

    Questions? Email younggardeners@gofarmersmarket.com

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    Event Details:

    Date & Time: Saturday, May 10 / 9am- 11am

    Location: Crenshaw Environmental Science Magnet School

    Address: 416 State Hwy 87, Crystal Beach, TX 77650

    Map: https://goo.gl/maps/ivDzMuVGc7dchdcdA

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    ¡Compra productos frescos del Huerto de YGP en Crenshaw! Conoce a los estudiantes y explora la magia que se vive en el colegio en nuestro Mercado de Huertos de YGP.

    Este divertido evento al aire libre les dará a los estudiantes la oportunidad de desarrollar sus habilidades empresariales y demostrar su esfuerzo. Sé su primer cliente en este minimercado, compra productos frescos y apoya la educación alimentaria y los programas de huertos.

    Las donaciones para productos son bienvenidas!

    Este evento al aire libre también tendrá:

    • Un puesto de información para que puedas aprender más sobre el Programa de Jóvenes Jardineros,

    • Verduras Bailarina,

    • Estación Educativa/Demostración de Cocina “Guisantes Dulces”

    • ¡y un Recorrido por el Huerto con los Niños del Programa de Jóvenes Jardineros!Young Gardeners Program es un proyecto del Galveston’s Own Farmers Market. Puede obtener más información sobre YGP aquí: https://galvestonsownfarmersmarket.com/younggardeners 

    Para obtener más información: envíe un correo electrónico a younggardeners@gofarmersmarket.com 

    envíe un mensaje de texto al ‪(409) 203-3336‬

    Detalles del evento

    Date & Time: Sabado, 10 de Mayo / 9am- 11am

    Location: Crenshaw Environmental Science Magnet School

    Address: 416 State Hwy 87, Crystal Beach, TX 77650

  • YGP Veggie Patch at GOFM!

    YGP Veggie Patch at GOFM!

    GOFM’s Young Gardeners Program (YGP) is coming to the Farmers Market!

    Enjoy locally-grown veggies plucked straight from the YGP school gardens! Our YGP students will learn what it takes to plant, grow, harvest and SELL their fresh veggies at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market!

    Support these young entrepreneurs and shop for what they have to offer! Our 6 schools will take turns selling their bounty at the market in April. Proceeds will fund mini-projects chosen by the YGP students–and maybe a party or two! 

    Are you a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the afterschool program at one of the schools listed below? We’d love to have you and your child volunteer with us! Complete this form or email volunteer@gofarmersmarket.com for more information.

    School Appearance Schedule: 

    • April 7 – Oppe

    • April 14 – Burnet & Weis

    • April 21 – Rosenberg & Central

    • April 28 – Parker & Morgan

    April 7 – 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    Featured School: Oppe

    April 14 – 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    Featured School: Weis & Burnet

    April 21 – 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    Featured School: Rosenberg & Central

    April 28 – 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    Featured School: Parker & Morgan

    at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market

    3304 Market, Galveston TX 77550



    Volunteer
  • YGP Veggie Patch at GOFM!

    YGP Veggie Patch at GOFM!

    GOFM’s Young Gardeners Program (YGP) is coming to the Farmers Market!

    Enjoy locally-grown veggies plucked straight from the YGP school gardens! Our YGP students will learn what it takes to plant, grow, harvest and SELL their fresh veggies at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market!

    Support these young entrepreneurs and shop for what they have to offer! Our 6 schools will take turns selling their bounty at the market in April. Proceeds will fund mini-projects chosen by the YGP students–and maybe a party or two! 

    Are you a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the afterschool program at one of the schools listed below? We’d love to have you and your child volunteer with us! Complete this form or email volunteer@gofarmersmarket.com for more information.

    School Appearance Schedule: 

    • April 2 – Weis & Burnet

    • April 16 – Oppe & Austin

    • April 23 – Parker & Morgan

    April 2 – 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    • Featured School: Weis & Burnet

    April 16 – 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    • Featured School: Oppe & Austin

    April 23- 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    • Featured School: Parker & Morgan

    at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market

    3304 Market, Galveston TX 77550



    Volunteer
  • Philanthropitch + GOFM

    Philanthropitch + GOFM

    Did you hear? GOFM is 1 of 3 finalists in the Philanthropitch + Vision Galveston competition! We’re jazzed to share this space with fellow nonprofits La Izquierda Surf and Music Festival + MiCreate.

    What is Philanthropitch, you ask? It’s an intimate business coaching program where innovative nonprofits receive one-one coaching that culminates in a fast-pitch competition where we have the chance to go home with thousands of dollars to support our work!

    The ‘Pitch Night’ competition is 11/1 from 6-8 PM at The Grand Opera House. Tickets are FREE and we’d loooove to have your support.

    The more folks that attend, the more funds are distributed!



    Get Your FREE Tickets
  • TXF2S Learning Collaborative School Garden Event

    TXF2S Learning Collaborative School Garden Event

    Join Sustainable Food Center and Texas Farm Fresh for a one-hour virtual farm-to-school event! Hear from school garden experts about managing food gardens and getting garden harvest on to kids’ plates.

    This event is part of the Texas Farm-to-School Learning Collaborative.

    Date & Time:

    October 5th

    3:00 -4:00 pm

    Virtual Event



    Register Here

    Speakers:

    Bonnie Martin is the Program Lead for SproUTing Teachers, a program in the Eden Lab at the University of Texas at Austin providing coaching to teachers and garden teams to help them create effective outdoor learning opportunities that enhance their school curriculum and physical spaces that are inspiring and sustainable.  Bonnie previously worked on the TX Sprouts program, researching the effects that school gardens have on elementary age students and families. Bonnie is the owner of Smart Sprout, working for over 15 years with schools to design gardens and outdoor curriculum programs that enhance classroom learning. She is a Master Gardener in Travis County.  She loves teaching about native plants and insects and is unable to grow spinach despite giving it all the love and care she can muster.

    Casey McAuliffe is the Executive Director of Galveston’s Own Farmers Market. She is mother to Hazel and husband to Alex, with whom she ran a Certified Naturally Grown vegetable & flower farm for 10 years. Under her stewardship, GOFM has increased food-access and established a rooted community + food hub on Galveston Island through implementation of SNAP, specialty WIC programming, free cooking classes + meals, free food-delivery programs, community gardens & a school gardens program established at 9 schools in Galveston ISD. Since 2017, Casey has also served as a City Councilwoman in the City of La Marque. Her work revolves around the value of the natural environment on community well-being and empowering citizens to take control of their own health and claim their role within their own community.

  • Growing School Gardens Summit | Young Gardeners Program Director Presentation

    Growing School Gardens Summit | Young Gardeners Program Director Presentation

    In April 2022, Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation hosted the inaugural Growing School Gardens Summit, which featured GOFM’s Young Gardeners Program Director, Honi Alexander!

    The Summit united over 400 educators and leaders from across the country working to sustain school garden programs at the school, regional and national levels. The educators – and the nonprofit organizations they represent – operate learning gardens at over 6,000 school campuses, providing hands-on nutrition, science, and academic instruction to an estimated 2.5 million students each year.

    Honi Alexander presented “The Beauty of Color Beyond Garden Beds” which covered the importance of diversity and inclusion in our Young Gardeners Program.

    Watch the full presentation below:

  • Fox 26 Houston: GOFM’s Young Gardeners Program Taste Testing

    Fox 26 Houston: GOFM’s Young Gardeners Program Taste Testing

    This week Galveston’s Own Farmers Market and Galveston ISD hosted the last of six district-wide vegetable taste-testings for 3rd graders.

    The schools prepare the produce from the student-grown gardens and local farmers. The 3RD graders taste and rank the dishes.

    GOFM was the recipient of a 2021 USDA Farm to School Grant, which was used to fund this project.

    The Young Gardeners Program school gardens are located throughout the island.

    The students learn to plant, tend and harvest the gardens. They also learn recipes and take what they grow home.

    Honi Alexander, director of the Young Gardeners Program, says the children learn about science, nutrition, economy, full circle gardening, and farming.

    Source: Fox 26 Houston

  • Fox 26 Houston: GOFM’s Young Gardeners Program Sea Turtle Garden

    Fox 26 Houston: GOFM’s Young Gardeners Program Sea Turtle Garden

    Galveston’s Own Farmers Market’s Young Gardener Program is now teaming up with the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research at Texas A&M Galveston.

    The students are providing much-needed vegetables to help rescued turtles regain their strength to return to the wild. The kids learn to give back, and the center gets healthy fresh vegetables for their patients!

    Source: Fox 26 Houston

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