Received Food System Resilience Grant
Blue Sky Center was awarded $14,500 by SBCFAN’s Food System Resilience Grant program to grow their Cuyama Valley Healthy Foods Initiative and Victory Gardens Program.
Blue Sky Center was awarded $14,500 by SBCFAN’s Food System Resilience Grant program to grow their Cuyama Valley Healthy Foods Initiative and Victory Gardens Program.
Blue Sky Center’s Land Steward Sandra Uribe spearheaded and launched The Cuyama Victory Gardens Project, installing raised bed gardens, implementing bilingual curricula, and supplying planter materials, seeds, and starter plants for 11 families to grow their own fresh produce.
Sandra Uribe organized a workshop to show Victory Garden families how to identify the best garlic bulbs to use as seeds, how to prepare the soil, and how to plant them. After her hands-on demonstration, she provided each participant with…
With an award received from the Fund for Santa Barbara, Blue Sky Center implemented the Cuyama Valley Victory Gardens Project to confront immediate issues of food access in the Cuyama Valley during COVID-19.