Two-Wheel Tractors Are Ideal Tools For Community Gardens
January 27, 2023Community gardens are popular growing destinations, and two-wheel tractors are ideal tools for building and maintaining these essential spaces.
Manage Community Gardens Better With Permabeds
December 17, 2021Raised Permabeds help growers better manage their community gardens, from irrigating beds and performing seasonal tasks to rotating crops each year.
5 Ways to Prove Your Urban-farming Cred
January 18, 2016Talk the talk and walk the walk by getting involved in urban farming in your community.
Support Your Local Community Gardens
November 16, 2015Community gardens help land-strapped gardeners create a space where they can grow healthy food alongside their neighbors.
Africa Aims to Grow 1,000 Organic Gardens
July 31, 2012Through Slow Food’s A Thousand Gardens in Africa project, communities are learning to grow food in a healthy, sustainable way.
Limited Time to Compete for School-garden Supplies
December 13, 2011School- and community-garden leaders can enter the Burpee “I Can Grow” contest for a chance to win plants and gardening supplies to boost their operation.
NYC Community Gardens Hit the Map
February 11, 2011Courtesy GardenMaps.org At GardenMaps.org, New Yorkers can search for community gardens based on specific criteria they’re looking for. Searching for a community garden in SoHo with a composting program, fruit trees and a partnership with local schools? There’s a map for that. A brand-new online map, GardenMaps.org, launched in December 2010, to allow users to […]
Community Gardens Boom in New Jersey
October 29, 2010Residents of Camden have experienced harvesting their own produce thanks to the proliferation of community gardens in the area.
School to Train New York Farmers
October 26, 2010Courtesy Just Food Farm School NYC will utilize urban farms around the city as classrooms for hands-on agricultural instruction. Country farming and city farming are like two sides of the same coin: Both involve raising plants and animals for food and require similar expertise in horticulture and animal husbandry. But in contrast to their country […]
Pilot Program Targets Child Nutrition
October 12, 2010A new pilot program through the USDA’s People’s Garden initiative will help schools teach students about gardening and nutritious eating. Public schools and nonprofit organizations have until Nov. 8, 2010, to apply for grants from the USDA’s new People’s Garden School Pilot Program. The $1 million pilot program was established to develop and run community gardens […]
