Welcome to GRuB!
We post current announcements on this page. You can learn more about our programs by following the links on the navigation bar above.
Skills for Healthy Sustainable Living:
A Community Education Series
GRuB is partnering with Sustainable South Sound, the Olympia Food Co-op, and Thurston County on a brand new workshop series! Check out the PDF to the left for the complete schedule!
Highlights include . . .
MARCH 8 - Kitchen Garden Mentor Orientation
MARCH 10 - How to Start a Community Garden
MARCH 13 - Build Your Own Backyard Garden
All classes are at the GRuB farmhouse and will be on a sliding scale of $5-$25. Register early, as classes will fill up!
Find out more about what classes are being offered and how to register here!
Request for Proposal: GRuB 3-Minute Promo Video
GRuB has been doing powerful community work with youth & families for over 14 years. We would love the opportunity to showcase that work with groups near and far through the use of a 3-minute promotional video. We have hours and hours of video footage on hand that includes powerful testimonials from youth in our employment program. We are looking for someone to compile and edit this footage, along with some additional new footage to be taken during the spring of 2010 of our garden-building and education programs. The final product may also incorporate music and other images & creative elements. We are looking to have this project completed within 4-6 months, depending on the level of additional footage required.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: March 15, 2010
"CY 101": GRuB's Cultivating Youth Summer Employment Program Institute
Join us at the GRuB Farm as we share 14 years of experience building an empowering summer youth employment program.
Who is this for? Folks who already have an organization/project and are looking for ways to engage youth in empowering relationships and meaningful work will find this most impactful. If you don't yet have an organization/project, these institutes will be useful for skill-building and networking. However, the focus will be on the planning, administration, and delivery of a youth program rather than on how you would actually start an organization (we hope to offer this at future institutes!). Learn more...
GRuB is always in need of new or gently used farm and farmhouse supplies. Please take a look at our wish-list for current needs!
Links to grow-your-own resources:
Here are just a few links to other organizations doing backyard or community garden work in the NW as well as resources for supplies if you'd like to build your own. We'll keep adding to it as we can...



