Connecting Customers to Farmers Posted by SEEDS on Jun 09 , 2020 - 02:01 pm Above: SEEDS Staff and Volunteers prepare the online orders for pickup at the Sara Hardy Farmers Market. Live market opens this Saturday and online pickups will move to Wednesday evenings. We are so grateful to work with partners like [...]
Alumni Feature: Breeahna Pullis Posted by SEEDS on Mar 10 , 2020 - 10:21 am Breeahna Pullis SEEDS EcoCorps Crew Member, 2012 Season "My experience at SEEDS made me realize I definitely wanted to pursue a career in carpentry." Out of every ten construction workers in the United States, only one is a woman. That's [...]
Introducing EcoCorps! Posted by SEEDS on Mar 04 , 2020 - 09:03 am SEEDS EcoCorps, previously known as the SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps, is a green collar career exploration program. We provide an earn-while-you-learn format to support skill, leadership, and career development. Crew members gain valuable work experience while serving their local communities. "EcoCorps more [...]
The Corps Contribution Posted by SEEDS on Jan 31 , 2020 - 09:37 am 1,288 acres in Kalkaska will open to the public this year, and the SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps helped make it happen! On the Upper Manistee Headwaters, The Milock Family Preserve was previously a Boy Scout camp, and is now the second [...]
19 Restoration Highlights from 2019 Posted by SEEDS on Dec 11 , 2019 - 02:03 pm “This is the best job I’ve ever had! I loved learning new skills and the chance to serve my community.” - Elliott Smith, 2019 Corpsmember seen above removing Baby's Breath at Elberta Beach. 19 Restoration & Regeneration Highlights from [...]
Young adults do like the skilled trades! Posted by SEEDS on Nov 25 , 2019 - 09:47 am Hands On & Outside There are 3 million unfilled skilled trades jobs in the U.S. The SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps offers young adults the opportunity to see if hands-on and outdoor jobs are right for them. As [...]
Meet SEEDS in Saginaw Posted by SEEDS on Oct 11 , 2019 - 08:49 am Pictured above from left to right: Corpsmembers Jacquan Thomas, Cornelius Phelps III, and Daeveon Clemens. This year's SEEDS Youth Conservation Corps partnered on projects in Saginaw to provide included habitat management, historical preservation, and public parkland improvements. Check out this [...]
Trees: Let's Tend More! Posted by SEEDS on Sep 05 , 2019 - 07:48 am Want to reverse global warming? Tend to a tree! Trees and other woody plants are superb at taking carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in their trunks, roots, and in the soil. Earth's lungs are also earth's "carbon sink". [...]
Behind the Scenes Posted by SEEDS on Jul 18 , 2019 - 08:00 am The Sara Hardy Farmers Market is a pillar of Traverse City's Downtown Development Authority. It is open Wednesday and Saturday mornings from the beginning of May through the end of October with 100+ vendors each year. Since 2011, SEEDS has been [...]
EcoCorps crew members provided services to the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, primarily at the Refuge’s Green Point location in the city of Saginaw.
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