East Phillips Urban Farm

Building toward a better future and environmental justice in Minneapolis 🌱 A redevelopment project stewarded by East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI)

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Join us for an important community meeting hosted by EPNI & The Little Earth Protectors as we discuss the city's initial offer for the Roof Depot land split. Your voice matters in shaping the future of our neighborhood! Together we can ensure our community's needs are prioritized

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EPNI’s Farm Steward and Plant Scientist, Forest Hunt (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe), has been hard at work to create indigenous medicinal products for the East Phillips neighborhood. Combining cultural knowledge and plant science, a lot of work and research goes into each product.

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We had a great time yesterday at the second annual Harvest Moon Community Solutions Festival! Thank you to those of you who attended, those who vended, and all those who helped put this on! Our team couldn’t have made this happen without the support of community.

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Reminder that this is happening tomorrow!

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Join our annual festival in Cedar Field Park for free food, performance & activities!

The plan to transform the Roof Depot to a community-owned urban farm & climate resiliency hub is just one example of inspiring people-powered solutions in East Phillips

https://t.co/2A3T76Q1zd

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This Cultural Districts Arts Fund activation is funded, in part, by the City of Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs Department 💫

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

Join our annual festival in Cedar Field Park for free food, performance & activities!

The plan to transform the Roof Depot to a community-owned urban farm & climate resiliency hub is just one example of inspiring people-powered solutions in East Phillips

https://t.co/2A3T76Q1zd

[East Phillips Urban Farm @epni_urbanfarm]

Did you catch this month's issue of The Alley? Pick up a copy for a recap of EPNI's press conference, a flyer for the festival on 9/27 and an article about how this project meets the nearly every goal in the city's 2040 plan.

Or check it out online at https://t.co/tuRz4tR9DG 💫

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Check your inboxes because EPNI’s Farm Team just sent out the September newsletter, full of upcoming events, a financial update, and more.

Find the September newsletter and sign up for future newsletters and email updates through our the link below 💫

https://t.co/vUXXhaWKbr

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Read EPNI's full statement here:
https://t.co/dd2PL2rtWU

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This weekend, the Mayor canceled our 8/25 meeting about a change to the Roof Depot purchase agreement, which EPNI sent in June

The Mayor has the power to negotiate a fair deal for East Phillips, each day that passes without reply deepens a long legacy of municipal neglect here

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Excerpts from a Sahan Journal article published last week about the current challenges & opportunities surrounding the long awaited purchase of the Roof Depot site.

Thanks to your pressure, we finally got a meeting with Mayor Frey set for 8/25.

Full article in our bio!

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This project was and will continue to be shaped by our neighbor’s needs. It also advances countless city initiatives, from urban ag to small business support.

Join us 8/16 to hear more about the partners, grants and challenges relating to the purchase of the Roof Depot site!

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On Saturday, join EPNI and CJC in demanding that the City of Mpls & Mayor Frey stop the delays, uphold their promises, and work with EPNI to reach a fair deal to finally transfer the Roof Depot building to the East Phillips community.

🗓️ 8/16 1PM
📍 Longfellow Ave & E 28th St

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At EPNI's press conference we shared plans, partners & grants lined up for the Roof Depot site

We also asked the Mayor to respond to the purchase offer of $10.2 million we sent on 6/27 & work with EPNI to finally transfer site stewardship to East Phillips

Read more in our bio!

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Many of us at EPNI got together on Friday to ground into the current moment and set intentions for what’s to come.

We're so grateful for this neighborhood, everyone who has stewarded the community’s vision over the years and all of you who are here helping to defend it today 💫

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Here's a little bit more about one of the grants EPNI recently received to build outdoor farm infrastructure with recycled wood waste on top of the Roof Depot parking lot, and hire on some youth apprentices from the neighborhood! 🪵

more details here: https://t.co/wMBn4DQPzy

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This week we held our nature craft event at East Phillips Cultural and Community Center! We got to see some of your beautiful wood prints, beading, and mulberry ink art! 🍓🫐🪵🧑‍🎨

Thanks for sharing your evening with us, we hope you can join us at our next farm team event!

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🚨 we're taking this seed saturday off due to the air quality alert 🚨
hope to see you on 8/16!

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🌱Join EPNI's Outdoor Farm Team for Seed Saturdays, every other week for the growing season ahead.

The next Seed Saturday is August 2nd at Tamales y Bicicletas. Starting at 11am, we invite you to swing by to learn the latest EPNI updates & get your hands in the dirt.

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We'll be inside at the East Phillips Community and Cultural Center tonight!

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EPNI's Lead Educator, Forest, will teach about the cultural significance of Ojibwe-style beading. They will bring bigger beads for littler kids too!

EPNI's Food Justice Historian, Willa, will share how to use mulberries as a natural dye.

Hope to see you tomorrow!