Internal News Release December 2006
From Joe and Ida Kwarteng, TGCCoordinators in Ghana

The School for the Deaf in Cape Coast has been awarded the National Farmers' Day Award for having the best School Farm in Ghana for the Basic School (From Primary to Junior Secondary School) category. They were awarded with a certificate personally from the President of Ghana and prizes including a Corn Mill, Color TV Set, Bicycle, Sewing Machine, Rubber Bowls, Assorted Farm inputs, Wellington Boots, Cutlasses, Knapsack Sprayers, Nursery Boxes, Radio Cassette Player, Chemicals and Soap.

We invite you to share in this success. It is a testimony of what students can do when appropriate support is available. Remember three years ago there was no farm in that school. Today they are the best school farm in the land at their level. CHEERS!!!



[Submitted by Leah Page]

Fox 13 News in Tampa Bay did a really nice piece on EarthBox Inventor Blak Whisenant including comments from The Growing Connection's Bob Patterson.

Click here to watch.

The Global Board of Advisors convened for the second time this year at WIRED NextFest, and also we hosted an open house for Friends of The Growing Connection on Thursday, September 28. We'd like to thank everyone who stopped by, it was great to meet all of you.

Earlier this year, the TGC Board held their 4th teleconference and 1st face-to-face meeting in Washington, DC, and were personally thanked by the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Dr. Jacques Diouf, for their contribution to the global fight against hunger
[Submitted by TGC]

New York City's International EarthBox Planting Day", which took place in Union Square Park (East 14th Street Between Broadway and University Place) on Sunday June 17th, was a rousing success!

Thank you to all the TGC students, volunteers, city officials and special guests who showed up for an exciting day of EarthBox planting demonstrations, food tastings, and much more!

Welcome to the newest area of The Growing Connection website, which is referred to as The Garden, it's where we hope many good things will grow and we hope that you'll be a part of it. Stay tuned for much more news very soon.

Internal News Release December 2006
From Joe and Ida Kwarteng, TGCCoordinators in Ghana

The School for the Deaf in Cape Coast has been awarded the National Farmers' Day Award for having the best School Farm in Ghana for the Basic School (From Primary to Junior Secondary School) category. They were awarded with a certificate personally from the President of Ghana and prizes including a Corn Mill, Color TV Set, Bicycle, Sewing Machine, Rubber Bowls, Assorted Farm inputs, Wellington Boots, Cutlasses, Knapsack Sprayers, Nursery Boxes, Radio Cassette Player, Chemicals and Soap.

We invite you to share in this success. It is a testimony of what students can do when appropriate support is available. Remember three years ago there was no farm in that school. Today they are the best school farm in the land at their level. CHEERS!!!



[Submitted by Leah Page]