Seven years after it was first proposed, a project meant to improve the water quality and ecosystem at the Sheriff’s Meadow Roth Woodlands has yet to get underway.
By the time the eight-week community lunch service ends August 18, it will have served 14,000 lunches. That’s more than in both 2021 and 2022, though those programs didn’t run as long.
Island Grown Initiative purchased an old warehouse in Oak Bluffs last week and plans to convert it into a the permanent home for the nonprofit's food pantry.
On March 2, the federal government issued the last of its pandemic SNAP allotments, but a $1.3 million grant to the Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation is helping keep Islanders fed.
The grant comes from the CARES relief act and will help the foundation continue efforts to keep Vineyarders fed.
Island Grown Initiative's acquisition includes a fully-equipped commercial kitchen — complete with professional baking equipment — as well as storage and office space, a retail storefront and two company vehicles.