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CONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD
CONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD. Using the Latin word for "feast," this non-profit on Jackson Street in 2017 used the greenhouses once belonging to HOPPER'S GREENHOUSE to create a community around food--growing preparing, preserving and enjoying. (1)
The converted greenhouses contained a coffee shop, event center, educational space for hands-on classes and a training kitchen for cooking classes. There were also extensive outside garden areas. The facility was powered by 100 solar panels and heated by a geothermal system. (2)
In October, 2018 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER and Convivium hosted "Convivium Urban Farmstead for Growing a Healthy Community." Attending the event were forty students from MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Rotating through stations, the students learned about cooking, healthy food and drinks, and gardening. Working in the teaching kitchen, students prepared spaghetti and then took their creations able to feed a family of four home with them. They also received a cookbook of healthy food choices they could make themselves. (3)
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Source:
1. 365ink Magazine. February 23-March 8, 2017, p. 19
2. Ibid.
3. Hinga, Allie, "Feeding the Mind," Telegraph Herald, October 20, 2018, p. 2