Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Aug
1

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Community Farm Team is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the 4th Street Community Farm to increase food access in the Lower East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Funds from the farmstand go back into the stand to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network), let us know @ hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

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Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Aug
6

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

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Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Aug
8

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Community Farm Team is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the 4th Street Community Farm to increase food access in the Lower East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Funds from the farmstand go back into the stand to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network), let us know @ hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

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Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Aug
13

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

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Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Aug
15

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Community Farm Team is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the 4th Street Community Farm to increase food access in the Lower East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Funds from the farmstand go back into the stand to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network), let us know @ hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

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Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Aug
20

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

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Aug
20

Groundwork Book Club

Our next meeting is Wednesday, August 20, at 6:00pm (please add to your calendar). The novel is Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward.

Salvage the Bones, a National Book Award Winning novel, is a gritty but tender story of family and poverty in the 12 days leading up to Hurricane Katrina and then its aftermath. It focuses on familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty and the impact of natural disaster.

Salvage the Bones is available at Werner Books. Please pick up your copy and dig in!

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Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Aug
22

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Community Farm Team is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the 4th Street Community Farm to increase food access in the Lower East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Funds from the farmstand go back into the stand to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network), let us know @ hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Aug
27

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Aug
29

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Community Farm Team is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the 4th Street Community Farm to increase food access in the Lower East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Funds from the farmstand go back into the stand to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network), let us know @ hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Sep
3

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Sep
5

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Community Farm Team is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the 4th Street Community Farm to increase food access in the Lower East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Funds from the farmstand go back into the stand to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network), let us know @ hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Sep
10

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

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Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Sep
17

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Sep
24

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Oct
1

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Jul
30

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

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4th Street Farm Work and Learn Day
Jul
26

4th Street Farm Work and Learn Day

What to expect: Help us harvest, water and maintain crops!

What to bring: water, closed toed shoes

What the site is like: no restrooms onsite. The space is a grass/dirt farm.

No registration required

We will work in rain or shine but not thunderstorms!

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Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Jul
25

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Community Farm Team is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the 4th Street Community Farm to increase food access in the Lower East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Funds from the farmstand go back into the stand to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network), let us know @ hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Jul
23

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Jul
18

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Community Farm Team is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the 4th Street Community Farm to increase food access in the Lower East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Funds from the farmstand go back into the stand to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network), let us know @ hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Jul
16

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Jul
11

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Community Farm Team is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the 4th Street Community Farm to increase food access in the Lower East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Funds from the farmstand go back into the stand to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network), let us know @ hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand
Jul
9

Groundwork Pay What You Can Farm Stand

Groundwork Erie is operating a Pay What You Can Stand at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to increase food access on the East Side. Come “pay what you can” for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Funds from the farmstand go back into stand operations to continue supporting our local food system and local farmers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Groundwork Pay What You Can Stand (or any other stands within the PWYC network) let us know at hello@groundworkerie.org!

Volunteers are needed to:

  • harvest fruits from local orchards

  • transport produce from local farms to the markets

  • sort produce for distribution

  • commit to a weekly position at a stand

View Event →
4th Street Community Farm May Work Day
May
24

4th Street Community Farm May Work Day

Sign Up HERE!

Join the Food Policy Council & Groundwork Erie for a work day to prepare for spring planting at the 4th Street Farm! Food grown here will go back to the community at Emmaus Soup Kitchen and distributed to the Pay What You Can Network this summer. Bring a water bottle and a shovel and rake if you have one!

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4th Street Farm: Mushroom Meet Up
May
17

4th Street Farm: Mushroom Meet Up

Hosted by the Erie Food Policy Advisory Council, this class will be an introduction to fungi, including the life cycle of mushrooms, mushroom ID, and the installation of a mushroom bed. Join us!

This event will be at 4th Street (310 East 4th Street).

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Benevolent Beers
May
1

Benevolent Beers

Funds raised at Benevolent Beers will support Groundwork’s environmental workforce programming for young people. Benevolent Beers funds would directly support their Green Team and Ground Corps Programs. Green Teamers are 14-18 years old and will work 15-20 hours per week in the summer on community projects like the 4th Community Street Farm, Pay What You Can Stands, Community Forestry initiatives, litter pick-ups, water monitoring, and environmental and climate education. Their Ground Corps program will launch this year and will employ 18-24-year-olds in a green workforce development program. Ground Corps Members will receive on-the-job training with projects like tree planting, tree maintenance, and green infrastructure projects within the city of Erie and make a direct impact on Erie's environment through their work.

Every sale rung in between 5:00pm and 8:00pm will provide a donation to Groundwork Erie! Join us!

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4th Street Community Farm April Work Day
Apr
26

4th Street Community Farm April Work Day

Sign Up HERE!

Join the Food Policy Council & Groundwork Erie for a work day to prepare for spring planting at the 4th Street Farm! Food grown here will go back to the community at Emmaus Soup Kitchen and distributed to the Pay What You Can Network this summer. Bring a water bottle and a shovel and rake if you have one!

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Feb
19

February Book Club

Join us for a discussion of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake. We meet at Werner Books, 3608 Liberty Street, Erie, PA, 16508 (map)

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Erie Gives Day
Aug
13

Erie Gives Day

Consider donating to our foundation on Erie Gives Day!


This year is the 14th annual Erie Gives, where the Erie Community Foundation helps donors open funds that benefit us nonprofits. The community has supported Erie Gives for the past thirteen years, and raised over $56.5M for local nonprofits.


Read more about us on other other pages, such as the ‘About Us’ tab, to read more about what your donation is going towards. Your donations help us to continue providing environmental literacy to young adults, conservation work, and more.


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Groundwork Erie Environmental Book Club
May
15

Groundwork Erie Environmental Book Club

May meeting: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

May’s book: James Rebanks, The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape (2016). This memoir takes readers through a single year in the life of James Rebanks, a shepherd in the Lake District of Northern England, “offering a unique account of rural life and a fundamental connection with the land that most of us have lost. It is a story of working lives, the people around him, his childhood, his parents and grandparents, a people who exist and endure even as the culture—of the Lake District, and of farming—changes around them.”

How to Join: We meet the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Werner Books at 6:00–7:00 p.m. Book Club members receive 20% off the club’s book of the month when buying the book at Werner.

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Book Club
Apr
17

Book Club

Sergio Aragonés, Groo: In the Wild (2024). This graphic novel follows a dim-witted barbarian and his dog as they attempt to understand how human beings co-exist with animals on this planet.

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Mayor's News Conference: Greenway Trail
Oct
5

Mayor's News Conference: Greenway Trail

Pastor Darrell Cook, a Groundwork Erie Board memeber, presented at the Mayor’s News Conference on October 5th, 2023. He spoke about Groundwork Erie’s involvement over the summer in the community, and the Greenway Trail project moving forward.

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