*** Part Two of two *** McArthur “genius prize” winner Will Allen spoke about his work in urban farming on a recent book tour. Here is part two, about his influence on a local non-profit. In the audience were a number of people deeply involved in our fledgling local food movement. Among them were Melissa [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Urban Oasis Project’
Bringing the message home
Posted in events, farmer/grower, food, locavore, people, tagged Urban Oasis Project, Will Allen on May 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What’s On Your Plate? screening
Posted in events, food, media, tagged Food Day, Mac'N, O Cinema, Slow Food Miami, Urban Oasis Project, Youth L.E.A.D. on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On occasion of of National Food Day (October 24), Youth L.E.A.D. and O Cinema present What’s on Your Plate? a critically acclaimed documentary that follows two eleven year old multi-racial city kids over the course of one year as they explore their place in the food chain, and shows their point of view on the [...]
Homestead Harvest Farmers’ Market
Posted in events, market, tagged Earth Learning, Urban Oasis Project, Verde Gardens on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Please join us for the opening of the Homestead Harvest Farmers Market at Verde Gardens! Friday, July 15th 4:00 to 8:00 pm 12700 SW 280 Street, Homestead, FL 33038 We are celebrating the opening of this beautiful, new building with the first of the Locavore Lounge events — bring some food to share, buy a [...]
Volunteer with Urban Oasis Project
Posted in market, people, tagged Antonio Guadamuz, Art Friedrich, Melissa Contreras, Urban Oasis Project on June 17, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Got the following message from Antonio Guadamuz and thought I’d pass it along to all who want to put their money where their mouth is. Below is a checklist of many ways that you can help support Urban Oasis Project with their various efforts to get fresh, local and organic food to under-served neighborhoods. This [...]
Upper East Side Farmers Market
Posted in food, market, photo, tagged Art Friedrich, farmers market, Melissa Contreras, Upper East Side Farmers Market, Urban Oasis Project on March 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The newest grower-supported farmers market has opened at the Biscayne Plaza shopping center in northeast Miami. The Upper East Side Farmers Market is managed by Melissa Contreras and the Urban Oasis Project, a local non-profit which is also involved with the Liberty City Farmers Market. The market is small (only four tents) but carries a [...]

