Upcoming Events
Winter Volunteer Day
Are you feeling blue about the winter and cold?
Come help Living Earth Center with some fun winter-time gardening related activities!
No experience necessary!
Cora and Sky spent time this fall collecting flower heads and seed pods and we have a lot to clean and prepare for planting!
We are also looking to meet the needs of the community by trying out some winter growing in the LEC basement grow room and could use some help with that!
Community Food and Seep Swap
Please join us for a Community Seed and Food Swap Event on Saturday, March 7th, from 2 pm-4 pm at the Unitarian Universalist fellowship hall! We invite you to join other community members to gather together to share local homegrown food and to promote a resilient, connected community.
Are you tired of winter and dreaming of future garden days to come? March is the perfect time of year to start gathering food and seeds for the spring. Attendees can trade seeds, seedlings, and homemade baked and canned goods in this barter economy event where no money is exchanged! After trading, there will be a social hour with refreshments to share ideas, recipes, stories, and community.
As part of the food swap, we will be accepting food donations for local mutual aid. Accepted food donation items will be sent with registration
Participation is free however, you must be registered to attend. Please register below.
Winter Volunteer Day
Are you feeling blue about the winter and cold?
Come help Living Earth Center with some fun winter-time gardening related activities!
No experience necessary!
Cora and Sky spent time this fall collecting flower heads and seed pods and we have a lot to clean and prepare for planting!
We are also looking to meet the needs of the community by trying out some winter growing in the LEC basement grow room and could use some help with that!
LEC News and Updates
With visits to food shelves on the rise, LEC has been in contact with our local food shelves and food recovery program to discuss what needs we can help meet over the winter months.
To that end, we have started trays of micro-greens and will also be growing spinach, lettuce, and other produce that can be grown indoors under grow lights to donate to our partners...
On Friday, October 10th, LEC welcomed School Sisters of Notre Dame General Councilors to Mankato. Sisters Carolyn Anyega and Christine Garcia came all the way from Rome, Italy on a tour of SSND's Sponsored Ministries. They visited LEC's Community Garden on Good Counsel Hill and learned more about LEC's impact in the Mankato community. SSND founded the Community Garden...
With tomato season just around the corner we thought we would re-share this recipe for Fresh Tomato Bruschetta shared originally by our Executive Director Laura Marsala Peterson back in September of 2020:
I recently made this simple recipe for a small outdoor gathering and multiple people asked how to make it. I was almost embarrassed to tell them because it was so easy didn't want to blow my gourmet chef cover! Nonetheless, if you have tomatoes, this easy summer recipe is definitely one you want in your wheelhouse!
