We continued to expand our partnerships for experiential learning opportunities this past year, utilizing the Huss campus as an outdoor, nature-based classroom. Our partnership with Three Rivers Area Mentoring (TRAM) continued this year. We hosted TRAM's After School program at the Huss Project one day a week during warmer months and provided outdoor programming alongside TRAM's...
We completed our fourth season of the Huss Project Farmer's Market this year! What began in 2020 as an emergency response to Three Rivers closing its market due to COVID has become a joyful (and delicious) hub of activity at the Huss Project every Saturday morning from June through September! The market featured 17 vendors this...
We continued our focus on increasing access to food for our neighbors in 2023 at the Huss Project through several programs. Our Fresh Food Initiative, in partnership with the South Michigan Food Bank, provides free food boxes for 150 families on the third Saturday of each month—which adds up to over 5,400 neighbors receiving food through...
It's been another busy year at the Huss Project! For the next several weeks, we'll highlight some of our work this year by focusing on different programming areas. We launched our Dolly Parton's Imagination Library affiliate during our Back to School Celebration in 2022. The Imagination Library sends books to children five and under every month...
*culture is not optional (*cino)/The Huss Project is also looking for four compassionate, creative, hard-working people to join us full-time for 10 weeks this summer as AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates! Applicants should be 18 years of age or older, with a passion for serving our Three Rivers community through urban farming, event planning, and youth engagement. The term runs...
The weather outside might be frightful today, but we've been busy planning for warmer months and the Huss Project Farmer's Market! The market will once again happen every Saturday, 9:00am to 1:00pm from June through September and will feature fresh local produce, syrup, baked goods, kids activities, farm tours, forest trails, bike tune-ups, and more...
*culture is not optional (our parent organization)/The Huss Project is now accepting applications for three full-time AmeriCorps VISTA positions and four AmeriCorps Summer Associate positions. We're looking for folks who will help us take our work to the next level in the areas of food systems, education, and economic development through the Huss Project, World Fare, and other partners in Three Rivers. And,...
Eater’s Almanac is our weekly newsletter for the Huss Project Farmer’s Market. You can receive a print copy each week at the market, which includes a recipe for seasonal vegetables! Well, friends, the Huss Farmers Market season has come to a close. Over the past 12 weeks, our crew of staff and volunteers has thoroughly enjoyed...
After a hiatus in 2020, the Three Rivers Area Faith Community (TRAFC) is once again hosting the Back to School Celebration, an event at which school age children accompanied by an adult caregiver receive a free backpack filled with school supplies. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, August...
Eater's Almanac is our weekly newsletter for the Huss Project Farmer's Market. You can receive a print copy each week at the market, which includes a recipe for seasonal vegetables! It is in fact impossible for any culture to be sound and healthy without a proper regard for the soil, no matter how many urban dwellers think that their food comes from groceries and delicatessens or...
Eater's Almanac is our weekly newsletter for the Huss Project Farmer's Market. You can receive a print copy each week at the market, which includes a recipe for seasonal vegetables! After a hot, dry start to the growing season, in the past week, our local farmers have been dealing with high winds, torrential rains, and in...
Eater's Almanac is our weekly newsletter for the Huss Project Farmer's Market. You can receive a print copy each week at the market, which includes a recipe for seasonal vegetables! The first day of summer was Monday, which means the days are starting to get shorter. Hard to believe, isn’t it? The inconsistent weather has already created...
