When we at the Huss Project start to describe our vision, the words, “people” and “food” tend to come up pretty often. We love people. We love their stories, ideas, passions, interdependence, achievements, and potential. We also really like food: as a host to conversation, as a reward of a good harvest, as a common...
Thanks to a generous grant from the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM), we have the opportunity on June 7 to host a Picnic Table Workshop at the Huss Project. The idea behind the workshop is to teach participants how to build picnic tables while building several tables for use in an outdoor pavilion that will facilitate...
Join us every Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. this summer at the Three Rivers Farmers Market! The Huss Project is partnering with several local farms -- including Bair Lane Farm, White Yarrow Farm and Sustainable Greens -- and with Triple Ripple Community Garden to sell good, local food to our neighbors. We'll also...
This past Saturday, volunteers for Triple Ripple Community Garden at the Huss Project gathered to work together on some much needed projects. We had seven volunteers come out, enabling us to accomplish a wonderful amount of work in less time than we bargained for. What did we get done? We staked and caged all the tomato...
There may be snow on the ground, but just as snow provides necessary moisture for spring growth, winter planning is a must for Triple Ripple Community Gardens! Now is the time that we're gathering resources for the coming growing season, including volunteers and organizers. Check out this nifty online form you can fill out to communicate...
Triple Ripple Community Gardens at the Huss Project is starting its third season of growing organic produce for families in the Three Rivers community. During each of the past two summers, volunteers have grown over 1,000 pounds of produce that was donated to Keystone Place, Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services, and other families in...
Twinkling lights hung from the half disassembled drop ceiling in the kindergarten room as crowds gathered this past Friday and Saturday evening to enjoy Huss Stories: A Play. Christina, a *cino intern and theatre major at Calvin College, spent her summer interviewing, transcribing and organizing for the reader's theatre-style production, which explored stories from...
Christina Binder, one of our summer 2011 interns, is working on an oral history play that will gather and tell some of the stories of the historic Huss School. Local journalist Bruce Snook recently published a great story and interview about her project in the River Country Journal. Christina is a theatre student at Calvin...
*cino needs YOU to vote each day in December to help us win a $50,000 grant to renovate the old kindergarten room at Huss School! Why vote? Read on...
*cino needs YOU to vote each day in December to help us win a $50,000 grant to renovate the old kindergarten room at Huss School! Why vote? Read on...
*cino needs YOU to vote each day in December to help us win a $50,000 grant to renovate the old kindergarten room at Huss School! Why vote? Read on...
*cino needs YOU to vote each day in December to help us win a $50,000 grant to renovate the old kindergarten room at Huss School! Why vote? Read on...
