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• E-blast Archive
• Farmers' Market E-blast Archive

Growing Hope in the news:

• "Michigan Gets New Food Packaging Laws" July 12, 2010 WDIV Detroit Channel 4
• "Gov. Jennifer Granholm signs bill into law allowing residents to make foods at home, sell it" July 12, 2010. Ann Arbor.com by Tom Perkins
• "Homemade foods for sale? 2 bills to OK it today" July 12, 2010, Detroit Free Press by Christina Hall
  "Ypsilanti's Downtown Farmers Market Opens In New Location" May 5, 2010. WEMU 89.1 by Andrew Cluley
• "Opening Day of Farmer's Market is a Sure Sign of Spring" May 2, 2010. YpsiNews by Chrissy Burns
• "Growing Hope seeking a new home for Ypsilanti Downtown Farmers' Market" April 8, 2010. Ypsilanti Citizen by Dan DuChene
• "Underground Eats" April 7, 2010. Concentrate by Amy Whitesall
• "Growing Hope continues hiring in Ypsilanti" March 31, 2010. Concentrate by Jon Zemke
• "Seed Starting Squad helps community, teaches skills" March 11, 2010. Ypsilanti Citizen by David Gomez
• "Growing Hope with Tomato Seeds" February 10, 2010. YaaLife
• "Local Markets Provide Alternatives for Low-Income Families" January 21, 2010. The Michigan Review by Eden Stiffman
• "Ypsilanti brew pub hosting three more farmers markets" November 16, 2009. Examiner by Donald Schwartz
• "Kitchen Chick Tonight @ The Healthy Chef Finale (a benefit for Growing Hope)" September 18, 2009. Kitchen Chick.
• "Growing Hope tours Ypsi" September 16, 2009. Ypsilanti Citizen by Dan DuChene
• "Metro Detroit Goes Slow And Tastes The Difference" August 6, 2009. Metromode by Nicole Rupersburg
• "Urban agriculture in action in Ypsilanti" May 13, 2009. Issues of the Environment Radio Show WEMU 98.1. hosted by David Fair
• "Nonprofit grows revenue and mission through social enterprises" April 29, 2009. Ann Arbor Business Review by Sarah A. Rigg
• "Growing Hope's Four Square Society offers to install free gardens" April 26, 2009. The Ann Arbor News by Laurel Firant
• "Local Food for Thought" February 25, 2009. The Ann Arbor Chronicle by Mary Morgan
• "Green thumb itching? Ypsilanti gardening group Growing Hope has seed of an idea" February 10, 2009. The Ann Arbor News by Lynn Monson
• "Growing Hope nonprofit pushing to change chicken ban in Ypsilanti" February 9, 2009. The Ann Arbor News by Cindy Heflin
• "Mastermind: Amanda Edmonds" October 22, 2008. Concentrate by Amy Whitesall
• "Growing Hope in Ypsilanti, Michigan" September 24, 2008. Eat Local Food by Joan Tobin Rozelle
• "Markets reach out to those in need" August 3, 2008. The Ann Arbor News by Jordan Miller
• "Community gardens cultivate more than produce" July 10, 2008. The Ann Arbor News by Dave A. Holzman
• "Gardens grow a community" July 10, 2008. The Ann Arbor News by Seth Gordon
• "Hope Grows In Ypsilanti" Summer 2008. Edible WOW by Alex Harrison.
• "For Ypsi nonprofit, gardens are an agent of change" April 22, 2008. Green Michigan Magazine from the Ann Arbor News by Jerry Sova
• "Growing Hope for the Future" May 2008, Issue #39. The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal by Rachel Pastiva
• "A Place to Grow: Growing Hope finds a home near downtown" May 11, 2008. Ann Arbor News by Jordan Miller
• "The key to healthy, affordable food is right in our backyards" November 20, 2007. Ann Arbor News op ed by GH Masters of Social Work intern Melanie Gurba
• "Buy Locally & Create Jobs". November 25, 2007. Ann Arbor News op ed by Amanda Edmonds & Richard Murphy
• "Food worth traveling for" August 28, 2007. Toledo City Paper by Blake Gillespie
• "Buying local in Washtenaw County--Why supporting your neighborhood farmer's market is more important than you think" September 6, 2006. Issues of the Environment Radio Show WEMU 98.1. hosted by David Fair
• "The Fight Against Food Redlining: Improving Access to Healthy Food in Ypsilanti" March - April 2007. Critical Moment, Issue 21 by Jenna Bacalor, Natasha Wilson, and Michelle Glowa
• "A New Farmers' Market Sprouts Downtown" 2006. The Ann Arbor News by Seth Gordon
• Amanda on Organic Gardening magazine's Table of Contents. December 2005-January 2006 Organic Gardening magazine.
• "Current Cooks: An Interview with a local Hope Grower" April 2005. Current magazine by Charmie Gholson
• "Greenhouse takes shape and students are eager to work" April 25, 2005. Ann Arbor News.
• "Several Ypsilanti Schools to Receive Greenhouses" 2005, eWashtenaw.org
• "Cultivating community: Another Growing Hope garden sprouts at West Middle School" 2005. Ann Arbor News.
• "Program Blossoms: Ypsilanti community garden contributes to national effort to feed the hungry" September 11, 2004. The Ann Arbor News By Lisa Klionsky
• "A Fresh Green Idea is Taking Root" August 15, 2004. The Ann Arbor News by Anne Rueter
• "She plants seeds of growth" May 19, 2003. The Ann Arbor News by Katherine Lowrie
• "Growing Fascination" 2002. The Ann Arbor News by Marianne Rzepka
• "Students work together to build fourth greenhouse" by Kathleen Conat

  Publications from the Growing Hope archives:

• Fall 2007 Newsletter

• Summer 2007 Newsletter

• Spring 2006 Newsletter

• 2004-2005 Annual Report