Growing from the Heart is a local grassroots mutual aid group that centers food sovereignty by sharing knowledge, seeds and plant starts, land for growing, redistributing excess food, and hosting and sharing events that facilitate connections to supporting our local food systems from the ground up. 

In the past, volunteers from the group have organized fun community events such as a foraging walk, a sauerkraut skill share, and a spring seed starting party. There have been discussions of other events such as a mushroom hike, visiting others gardens, and other skill shares centering around preparing a garden space, food preservation, and more. We communicate these events, other relevant community events, and other group inquiries through a shared mailing list (see below). 

We are hoping to make more free community events happen this year and connect more of our growing community! If you have ideas, would like to help plan programming this year, or just attend to meet some members of the group, we would love to have you. The annual spring planning meeting will occur on March 18 at the Portage Lake District Library in the Community Room from 1 to 3 p.m.. Anyone in the community is invited to come participate and snacks will be provided.

Any questions or requests to be added to the mailing list can be sent to wupfoodsystems@gmail.com.