Wow!! We have just finished our fourth training course with a tremendous group of refugees. What a great summer! Just to bring you up-to-date, between our home services training and our four-week job readiness training, more than 40 trainees have gone through our program. To date about half have found employment. In this economy, that’s [...]

What began as a trickle of ripe fresh vegetables is growing into a tidal wave of great garden goodies! Just now you have radishes, cilantro, lettuces, bok choy, carrots, some cherry tomatoes, a few potatoes, a few cooking pumpkins, and many veggies right on the cusp of being ready to pick.
If you want to make [...]

Ok, I confess, the title was just to get your attention. It would take a little longer than a blog to talk about that one. But on a more specific note. I’ve been talking with folks involved in Common Ground (CG): refugees, volunteer staff, occasional volunteers, customers, people in the community near CG. It seems [...]

 
  I went produce shopping this week. (What was I thinking? I could have stopped by Common Ground!) The prices didn’t really shock me since I’m kind of like the ol’ frog in hot water…I’ve gotten used to them. But as I began to tally the costs, it dawned on me what a great deal the [...]

It’s amazing what a dedicated group of volunteers and a generous company like Home Depot can accomplish in three short work days!! Not only did Home Depot donate tools and materials to help us build and work on the Common Ground farm. They build two sturdy, movable buildings to allow secure storage, a place to [...]

Buy a Bag–Pick Your Produce!
Buy a bag from a CG team member, onsite at the farm (4750 S. Surprise Way), or at Eastwind on Sunday AMs.
$5, $10, or $20 for a bag of farm fresh, organic produce.  You pick the size you want + load it up during the week.
If you want assistance harvesting, come [...]

Join us tonight (Tuesday, June 30th) at the Idaho Fry Company, a Common Ground partner.
Eat great fries + drink good beer (or shakes or both) = support Common Ground’s experiential job-training program for the refugee community.
A portion of the proceeds from this evening come back to The Momentum Group to support the Common Ground program.
Meet [...]

Have you ever noticed that you learn more from your mistakes than from when you “get it right?”  Why is that?
It seems when we get something right, we take it for granted, ignore, it doesn’t sink in…we simply don’t own it. But, when we have to puzzle over a problem. We take it apart, put [...]

Recently, someone asked my why I would spend my time working with refugees when so many US citizens are out of work. The question was an honest question and as I probed a little further I realized my friend had a few misconceptions that are probably pretty common.
The first assumption my friend made was that [...]

Were you planning to lease a Victory Garden plot, but never got around to it? Don’t worry. There are still plots available. All you need to do to place your order for a plot is click on the Victory Garden order box and choose the type of plot you would like to lease.
Please note that plots [...]