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Growing food changes lives 🌱

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@biggreen
Big Green
3 years
Thanks to the AMAZING support of the #ELONGATE community,Β we've been able to keep our programs running this summer and support kids and families in new ways. @elongateog Here's how:
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Big Green
3 years
Everything grows better when you work together! 🌱
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Big Green
1 year
Almost 100 orgs have entered the #PlantToGrantChallenge so far! We’ll share live updates so you can track which organizations are in the running and who’s taking the lead! Get the latest update: Find out who's in the lead πŸ‘‡
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@biggreen
Big Green
3 years
We're lucky to work with such wonderful educators!
@TheMrMolitor
Mr. Molitor
3 years
Working with @biggreen to get our worm bins up and operating. Putting our knowledge of ecosystems and mathematical precision to create the perfect environment for these creatures.
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@biggreen
Big Green
3 years
We're humbled by your support! Thank you for building a healthier future for kids!!!
@kimbal
π™Ίπš’πš–πš‹πšŠπš• π™Όπšžπšœπš” 🀠
3 years
Wow! So grateful to the generous @elongateog community for their support of @BigGreen and donation to help us further our impact in underserved communities across the US. πŸ™πŸŒ± Happy #EarthDay everyone!
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Big Green
1 year
Jump in and plant some seeds this #PlantASeedDay 🌱
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Big Green
4 years
Want to support Big Green AND win your very own Tesla Model Y? ENTER:
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Big Green
2 years
Happy #EarthDay2022 ! Here are some eco-friendly gardening tips: 🌱Before watering, check soil moisture to assess how much water your garden needs. 🌱Turn off the water when you're not using it. Fix drips or leaks to avoid waste. 🌱Avoid watering in the heat of the day. (1/4)
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Big Green
1 year
Only 2 more days until #PlantASeedDay ! Now's the time to start that garden you've been wanting to! Pledge to start a garden in your backyard:
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Big Green
1 year
#PlantASeedDay is right around the corner! Beginner or expert, anyone can grow their own food πŸ₯¬ Get involved, pledge to plant on May 7th:
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Big Green
1 year
🌿🌸 It's time to grab your shovels and join the planting party with @ZooeyDeschanel and @JonathanScott ! 🌱🌷 Tag your planting pal, and let's celebrate #PlantASeedDay together. For more info, check out:
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@ZooeyDeschanel
zooey deschanel
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Join @JonathanScott and me on May 7th for #PlantASeedDay to start your vegetable gardens! πŸ…πŸ₯•πŸ§… We believe growing food changes lives and it's as simple as planting a seed 🌱 Pledge to plant with us:
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Big Green
2 years
You can help make this dream a reality and by to starting a garden, a couple of pots, or just a single seed in honor of #plantaseedday this March!
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Big Green
3 years
We can't wait! Watch our co-founder and executive chairman @kimbal on Twitch tonight @ 6PM EST.
@EG_Ecosystem
EG Token
3 years
Only a few more hours before our Charity Party co-hosted with @kimbal , 5/24 6PM EST. Are you ready? #ELONGATE #ELONGATE4CHARITY
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Big Green
2 years
#PlantASeedDay is Sunday, March 20 – and this year when you pledge to plant, you help unlock $10,000 grants to garden nonprofits. So far, over 40,000 of you have pledged, and 4 incredible organizations are receiving $10,000 each to grow their work! (1/2)
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Big Green
6 months
Giving Tuesday is HERE!!🌱 For the last twelve years, Big Green has helped hundreds of thousands of people to grow their own food through our home, school, and community garden initiatives... and we're not stopping there!
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Big Green
1 year
HAPPY PLANT A SEED DAY, the biggest planting day of the year! Grab your soil, shovels, and seeds. Let's get out and grow together! πŸ‘©β€πŸŒΎ πŸ‘¨β€πŸŒΎ #PlantASeedDay
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Big Green
3 years
Happy...spring? Or is it back to winter now?β„οΈπŸŒ· Don't forget to cover your beds to protect them from the frost!
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Sunny Heights Elem
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Big Green
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$10k-50k grants to food and gardening nonprofits doing groundbreaking work within their communities 🌱🌻 🌿 πŸ₯• More here:
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Big Green
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From the tips of our roots (and the bottom of our hearts), THANK YOU @elongateog for your generous donation and support! #elongate Watch the live stream with @kimbal :
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Big Green
3 years
"Real food is food that you trust. Food that you trust to nourish your body. Food that you trust to nourish the farmer and food that you trust to nourish the planet." Find out why our co-founder @kimbal aims to make fresh, healthy food available to all.
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Big Green
2 months
BIG NEWS πŸ—žοΈ We're taking this show on the road... because we've got a big, green bus 🌱🚌 We're thrilled to announce our Grow Together tour, uniting communities over the power of growing food! Stay tuned for updates on the tour: #BigGreenBusTour
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Big Green
5 years
Getting ready for #PlantASeedDay on March 20th with a planting party! Thanks to everyone who helped kickoff the global movement today. 🌱 You can help too! Pledge to plant here:
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Big Green
4 years
We’ve teamed up with @omaze to give you a chance to win the brand new Tesla Model Y! All donations support Big Green's efforts to keep kids healthy and learning. ENTER:
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Big Green
3 years
Outdoor education is one of the best tools we have to slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep learning safe. That’s why we’re excited to announce the second round of Big Green Jumpstart funding is now open! #BigGreenJumpstart
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Big Green
5 years
Kicking off #PlantASeedDay tomorrow at 8am on the @TODAYshow ! Join us by planting a seed with your friends and family.🌱 @kimbalmusk @mayemusk
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Big Green
2 years
πŸ“£ GRANT OPPORTUNITY: The #BigGreenDAO is accepting grant applications! If your nonprofit is working in food justice, gardening, or food security (really, if you’re doing game-changing work that has anything to do with food, we want to hear about it!)
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Big Green
1 year
It's Plant a Seed Day! What are you planting today? Tag us @biggreen using #PlantASeedDay to show us what you're growing πŸ“ΈπŸŒ±
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Big Green
1 year
Start a garden, a couple of pots, or just a single seed this #PlantASeedDay , May 7, 2023. 🌱
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Big Green
5 years
#1 The number one reason we’re planting seeds is for real food. Real food is food we trust to nourish our bodies, our communities, and our planet. #PlantASeedDay
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Big Green
2 years
Our hearts are big and full of hope because of the 241,095 people from people El Paso, Texas to Sydney, Australia for celebrating #PlantASeedDay ! This was one of the most impactful years ever β€” $100,000 was awarded to ten incredible garden nonprofits. (1/2)
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Big Green
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With #PlantaSeedDay on March 19th, it's time to gather your used containers and save them from the landfill. This year we're encouraging you to start your garden in ANY container other than a planter. #GrowingFoodChangesLives Pledge to plant with us 🌱
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Big Green
2 years
Get ready for a TOP CHEF Twitter Spaces with @tomcolicchio , @chefspike & @kimbal ! Set a reminder:
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Big Green
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The #BigGreenDAO recently awarded $720,000 in grant funding to support incredible food & gardening projects across the US.🌱πŸ₯•πŸ₯¬ It’s an honor to announce this round of grant recipients. Dig in and learn more about each org in this thread. (1/38)
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Big Green
4 years
Here's a very interesting article from @NPR about how more people are starting to grow their own food!
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Big Green
2 years
Your food or gardening nonprofit could receive a $10-50K #BigGreenDAO grant! Find out if you're eligible. Take the quiz: β†’
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Big Green
5 years
Doing a little dance because we just reached 1,000,000 seeds! #PlantASeedDay
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Big Green
6 years
We’re excited to announce YOU could win Kimbal Musk’s personal #Tesla Model 3! Donations support our workβ€”enter now:
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Big Green
1 year
Let's plant with intention, cultivate with care, and sow the rewards of a more sustainable future πŸ’š This Plant a Seed Day get out and grow with us! Dig in: #PledgetoPlant #PlantASeedDay
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Big Green
2 years
Here’s to a successful first year of the #BigGreenDAO . We’ve welcomed 97 food and gardening orgs to the community and awarded $1.8M in grants. Stay tuned – more soon!
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Big Green
2 years
Counting down the hours! Join our founder @kimbal and CoinDesk's @mikejcasey this #GivingTuesday on Twitter Spaces at 12:30 p.m. ET:
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Big Green
1 year
Celebrate #PlantASeedDay with us! This year we're on a mission to get 100,000 people planting and we need your help! How to get involved (a thread)πŸ‘‡
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Big Green
3 years
This Plant a Seed Day, let's dig in and do good one seed at a time. Donate $10 to provide a gardening kit for a child on Plant a Seed Day, March 20, 2021! Give now at #PlantASeedDay
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Big Green
3 years
Lew Wallace Elementary welcomed students back to school with a harvest day! Students harvested over 50 pounds of beets, beans, green tomatoes, peppers, and zucchini this week. Shout out to Ms. Posha and @IPSWallace107 for your outstanding garden care!
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Big Green
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One of the best parts of teaching kids how to grow #realfood is watching how their pride and respect for the garden grows, too. 🌱
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Big Green
5 years
Support Learning Gardens across the country and enter to win the fastest accelerating and safest car on the market – the Tesla Model SP100D. There's only 4 days left to enter!
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Big Green
2 years
Plant a Seed Day returns March 20 and in honor of our favorite holiday, we’re giving away 10 grants, $10,000 each, to 10 incredible garden nonprofits. The application is now open at β€” tag your favorite garden nonprofit to apply! #plantaseedday
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Big Green
3 years
Happy International Year of Fruits and Veggies! Celebrate by sharing your favorite harvest photos. πŸ₯¦πŸ₯•πŸŒ½πŸ₯¬ @FAO #IYFV2021 #FruitsVegYear
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Big Green
5 years
Sending birthday love and lettuce to our cofounder, @kimbal . Happy birthday from the Big Green team!
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Big Green
5 years
Great way to kickoff #PlantASeedDay ! 🌱 @kimbal @mayemusk
@TODAYshow
TODAY
5 years
It’s not only the first day of spring but also the first-ever #PlantASeedDay ! Co-founder, Kimbal Musk, and his mom, @mayemusk , are here to tell us all about it.
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Big Green
2 years
@kimbal sat down with @ARKInvest to chat about the #BigGreenDAO ! Listen now:
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Big Green
1 year
Big Green, big updates! We’re changing the date of #PlantASeedDay , because let’s be real, no one wants to be planting in the snow. We’re growing food, not snowmen… β˜ƒοΈ Mark your calendars, the new date for Plant a Seed Day is πŸŽ‰May 7thπŸŽ‰ Stay tuned for more!
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Big Green
3 years
It's so nice to see students back in the #LearningGarden !
@PleasantRunElem
Pleasant Run Elem.
3 years
What a beautiful day @PleasantRunElem to officially kick off the Learning Garden for 2021! Thank you @biggreen for your support and guidance! #WarrenWill #RiseAbove
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It's almost time for Plant a Seed Day on Sunday, May 7, 2023! Are you planting this year? #PlantASeedDay
🌱 Yes, I'm in!
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Big Green
5 years
"When I grow up I want to grow my own food in my yard.” #thingskidssayinthegarden
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Big Green
3 years
The best way to celebrate #EarthDay is by spending time in the #LearningGarden !
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Big Green
6 years
Bringing #realfood into the classroom! #Memphis
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Big Green
2 years
The #BigGreenDAO is building community! The DAO community comes together each grants round to vote to allocate funds. Voting for Grants Round 4 is happening now through September 15th. Stay tuned for the results!
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Big Green
3 years
Students at Monterey Community School in Denver planted their fall garden and honored #IndigenousPeoplesDay by reading We Are Water Protectors today!
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Big Green
5 years
5.5 pounds of spinach?! Sounds like a great harvest! πŸ’š
@MsLindsay09
Ms. Lindsay
5 years
It’s harvest and planting day @RobeyRockets ! So far we’ve harvested 5.5lbs of spinach and are working on turnips and beets! Planting summer crops as well! @biggreen #WeareWayne
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Big Green
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Happy Halloween from all of us at Big Green!
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Big Green
3 years
🐝Bee kind and learn outside! #BigGreenJumpstart
@WestrateWO
Kevin Westrate
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Thankful for the #biggreenjumpstart grant to build on these opportunities for our students. #GoWO #NorthHolland #outdoorkindergarten
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Big Green
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Give a child the gift of a Learning Garden education every month of the year. That’s a gift of real food, hands-on learning, and daily discovery all year round! Find out more:
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Big Green
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Well...that was one for the books. Thanks to you 217,885 people helped plant, over 1,223,204 seeds, in all 50 states and 44 countries! The seeds you planted will grow to provide shade, beauty, health, and food to the communities around them. Thank you! #PlantASeedDay
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Big Green
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Announcement timeπŸ“£ We're proud to present 45 new #BigGreenDAO grantees! We're overjoyed by the enthusiasm and engagement from the Big Green DAO community and look forward to growing together.🌱 (1/2)
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Big Green
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Give over 4,000 families and teachers the tools they need to grow their own #realfood at home with garden kits.
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Big Green
6 years
Did you know we've built 176 Learning Gardens in Chicago?! We're getting closer and closer to reaching our goal of building 200 Learning Gardens in the windy city! #Chicago200
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Big Green
5 years
Real Food Lab is a high school summer program which helps students develop real-world entrepreneurship skills through the growing, harvesting, and selling of Learning Garden produce.
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Big Green
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Today we're celebrating Juneteenth with some of our amazing partners leading the way to celebrate freedom for all. We’re inspired by Michael Chaney, Executive Director of Project Sweetie Pie. He's the founder of the Juneteenth celebrations in Minneapolis starting in 1984. In…
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Big Green
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APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR BIG GREEN DAO GRANTS! Food and gardening organizations can apply for $10-50K grants. See if you’re eligible:
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Big Green
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It's an absolute honor to announce "Just Roots Chicago" is the first-ever #PlantASeedDay Grantee! This small but mighty team operates one Β½ acre farm and one 3 acre farm in Chicago and its suburbs. (1/3)
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Big Green
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πŸŽ‰ Calling all food-focused growers, the DAO is back with Grants Round 6! Don't miss out! Apply for $10k-$25k by June 2nd πŸ₯¬ πŸ₯• Find out if you're eligible and apply now:
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Big Green
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Commit to starting a garden, a couple of pots, or just a single seed in honor of #PlantASeedDay . Every pledge, every post, and every seed will help unlock GRANTS for incredible garden nonprofits around the country! Pledge to plant:
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Big Green
6 years
Our LA gardens are BURSTING with veggies and pollinator friendly flowers. Who wants to explore this gorgeous #LearningGarden ? πŸ™‹πŸ½β€β™€οΈ
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Big Green
4 years
More plants = more healthy, happy kids! #2020
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Big Green
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How are your seeds doing? Share your progress pics in this tread! 🌱 #PlantASeedDay
@mayemusk
Maye Musk
4 years
One week ago I planted tomato seeds for ⁦ @plantaseedday ⁩ I’m so excited they are sprouting already😳🌱 Who knew plants could give us so much joy?πŸ€— Thank you ⁦ @biggreen ⁩ ⁦ @kimbal ⁩ for #PlantASeedDay πŸ’š #AWomanMakesAPlan #ItsGreatToBe71
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Big Green
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Happy Birthday to the guy in the cowboy hat! 🀠 Thank you @kimbal for your vision and inspiring leadership! Love and veggies, from the whole team at Big Green
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Big Green
6 years
🌱✨Yes to Garden Magic✨🌱
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Big Green
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#PlantASeedDay is the perfect time to start growing your own food. Start small with some indoor herbs (like Brooke with her basil!), or go big with an outdoor garden space! Dig in:
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Big Green
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Today is #PlantASeedDay ! Plant a Seed Day is founded on one idea: a belief that when we work together, no action and no voice is too small to change the world. That’s a belief in a better, brighter, and healthier future and now, more than ever, it’s a message worth sharing! πŸ’š
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Big Green
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It's an absolute honor to welcome Wande Okunoren-Meadows as the FIRST #BigGreenDAO committee member! Wande is a nationally recognized early childhood advocate with over 25 years of experience leading and championing community-based programming.
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Big Green
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The Big Green Detroit team collected 20 pounds of green beans and 15 pounds of kale from @HP_Schools and @FerndaleSchools this month! All veggies were donated to the @YMCADetroit 's Healthy Living Kitchen. Thank you to everyone who made this possible!
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TONIGHT! Find out how the #BigGreenDAO gives grants and voting power to non-profit leaders across America live on @TwitterSpaces . TUNE IN:
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Big Green
3 years
A little Monday happiness to set your week off right 🌱
@sunnyheightsele
Sunny Heights Elem
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What a beautiful day @sunnyheightsele to officially kick off the Learning Garden for 2021! Thank you @biggreen for your support and guidance! #WarrenWill #OURHeights
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Gardens Grow More Than Plants (1/3) A teacher helps her nervous readers build confidence by reading out loud to Learning Garden plants. 🌱
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Big Green
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SO excited to announce the lucky winner of @kimbal 's Model 3 today. CONGRATS Anthony and thank you to everyone who supported this campaign!
@omaze
Omaze
6 years
Congrats to Anthony from Colorado who'll drive home in @kimbal 's Tesla Model 3! And a big thank you to all of YOU who raised $2.1M for @biggreen πŸ’š
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@Xtokenbaby @kimbal Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for your support.
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Big Green
6 years
Support #LearningGardens across the country and enter to win a Tesla Model S! πŸŒ±πŸš™
@omaze
Omaze
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The #Tesla Model S P100D is the fastest accelerating and safest car on the market. And guess what... it could be YOURS! Support @biggreen & ENTER:
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Big Green
5 years
Look at these BEAUTIFUL radishes! 🌈 #learninggarden
@4747Chavez
ChavezMAC
5 years
The fourth graders harvested their crops today from our @biggreen learning garden. They took home yummy radishes, spinach, kale, cilantro, dill and arugula.
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Big Green
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Listen to learn more about Big Green and about our co-founder @kimbal ! 🌱
@kimbal
π™Ίπš’πš–πš‹πšŠπš• π™Όπšžπšœπš” 🀠
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Had a blast talking to Linda & Drew Scott @AtHome about our @BigGreen At Home curriculum and #realfood activities to keep kids everywhere learning at home through this crisis. πŸŒ±πŸ“² Listen here:
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Big Green
5 years
The wonderful folks at @pivotdenver will DOUBLE your donation when you give to Big Green through #COGivesDay ! Schedule your gift:
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Pivot Denver
6 years
The future of our NextGen is critical. PIVOT is proud to partner with Colorado organizations like @biggreen to provide valuable resources for each child’s whole success.
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On behalf of everyone at Big Green, THANK YOU to those incredible individuals who work day in and day out on behalf of students everywhere. THANK YOU for being teacher, mentor, hero, and friend. We couldn't do what we do without you. #NationalTeacherAppreciationDay
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Garden kickoff days look a little different these days but the result is the same. Last month, we helped garden club students plant veggies at KIPP Memphis Academy Middle and they’re already growing green! #LearningGarden
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Big Green
5 years
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! #BigGreenFam
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Big Green
5 years
It's amazing how much a #LearningGarden can grow in one season! 🌱
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Big Green
4 years
Big Green students harvested an estimated 25,000 pounds of produce last year! This wouldn't be possible without supporters like you. You can help grow this impact! Give now at #GivingTuesday
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