Celebrating Black Visionaries
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Tag: Willie Mays
Willie Mays Planting Day!
The Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club is located in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. This Boys & Girls Club is named after Willie Howard Mays Jr., a former MLB player for...
Ugly Vegetables!
"What makes this carrot prettier than that one?"
"Believe it or not, this carrot tastes exactly the same as that one!"
“That’s a pickle? But why is it so… white?” Oh I get...
A Taste of Summer
While we weren’t gone long for summer break at the Edible Schoolyard, we were gone just long enough to come back and be welcomed by a bounty of mature summer crops - cucumbers, lush ears of...
Cooking with Crystal at Willie Mays Clubhouse
“Can you see peace and quiet?”
This is the question that was posed by a visiting clubhouse member upon entering the Willie Mays Edible Schoolyard Garden for the first time this July....
Cooking in June at Willie Mays
Report by Crystal Jones, CommunityGrows Cooking Coordinator:
Summer at the clubhouse has felt much like camp over the past few weeks. Lots of foot traffic around, high energy, and...
Cooking Report for May by Crystal Jones
"Why’s it look so weird? It's fun to harvest because you don’t know what you're gonna get!"
"Yeah, it's kind of like opening a present..."
"Oh my gosh it kind of looks like a hairy...
Visiting the Giants Garden!
Report by Crystal Jones, CommunityGrows Seed-to-Mouth Coordinator.
Tuesday May 2nd was a very exciting day for youth in the Seed to Mouth - Edible Schoolyard Program at the Boys...
Seed-to-Mouth Cooking at Willie Mays Clubhouse-March
During the month of March 2016 the primary focus for the Seed to Mouth cooking class at Willie Mays was discussing vitamins and their carriers. Relating vitamins and minerals to the food from...
Cooking at Willie Mays
by Crystal Jones, CommunityGrows Seed-to-Mouth Cooking Programs Manager
During the month of February we had several exciting program meetings with youth Willie Mays Club members in the Seed...