Sustainable Westford, the organization behind the Westford Summer and Winter Farmers Markets awarded $1,600 in UpCycle It! grants this spring to three organizers of sustainable programs. Blanchard Middle School Blanchard Middle School seventh-graders Naqiya Motiwalla, Liza Bernard, and Kristen Kim, along with Save the Environment Club advisor Jamie Merkle, were awarded a $450 grant to begin a program that teaches students about composting. The group expects to plant flowers in the spring with the compost they make. Stony Brook School Assistant Principal Steve Guditus of Stony Brook Middle School was awarded an $800 grant for the “Stony Brook Grows” program.  Guditus, along with many student volunteers, will use the grant to install gardens at the school to grow vegetables. “The mission of this project is to encourage students to understand the importance, value and ease of growing food locally,” said Guditus.