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When I first started growing vegetables, I felt like a complete failure. In farmstands and markets, I saw piles of smooth, straight string beans, unblemished tomatoes, carrots that didn’t twist around each other. My own garden produce was perfectly delicious, but in no way market-ready. How did those farms work such magic? As turns out, […]
The Martha's Vineyard Times The P.A. Club: Always there to help The Oak Bluffs institution has risen to the challenge of the pandemic. 1 of 20 Staff members pose for a picture, from left: Kezia Alvares, Karen Galbransen, Jennifer Pillsworth, Georgia Maroni, and Sharon Brown. — Jeremy Driesen The Island Food Pantry is located at the P.A. Club in Oak Bluffs. — Jeremy Driesen Pretty trees flank the entrance from Vineyard Avenue. — Jeremy Driesen The bar at the back of the P.A. Club. — Jeremy Driesen It's a pretty quiet bar scene. — Jeremy Driesen Emily Freeman-Miller, barte...
The Martha's Vineyard Times Farm to shuck to Food Pantry Oysters from Katama Bay available at Island Food Pantry and other food distribution programs. Ryan Smith, left, of Signature Oysters says oyster farmers, hurt by the pandemic, have gotten a boost from a program that buys mature oysters, has them processed, then donates them to the Food Pantry. Thousands of mature oysters that stood in the way of aquaculture farmers growing oyster seed have been purchased by the Massachusetts Aquaculture Association, brought to a processing plant off-Island, and are now in freezers at Island ...
The Martha's Vineyard Times Island Food Pantry is relocating to PA Club The Island Food Pantry is moving to the Portuguese American Club in Oak Bluffs in order to expand their storage capacity, and make the environment safer for staff and shoppers. The Island Food Pantry is moving from its longtime home base at the United Methodist “Stone Church” in Vineyard Haven to the Portuguese-American Club (P.A. Club) in Oak Bluffs on Feb. 22, according to a press release. In order to increase storage capabilities, improve the flow and variety of food, and become wheelchair-accessible,...