Community Gardening

• Starting a Freecyle Community
  Got closets and basements full of stuff you never use? Need stuff but don’t feel like paying for it? Try Freecycle – a never-ending garage sale of free stuff.
  
  
• Starting a Community Garden
  This fact sheet is designed to give many different groups the basic information they need to get their gardening project off the ground.
  
  
• Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
  CSAs give the consumer choice about how and where their food is grown.
  Learn how to support them and buy a share in a CSA.
  
  
• Ways to Celebrate National Garden Month and Give a Garden
  Creative ideas from http://www.nationalgardenmonth.org/
  
  
• Comprehensive list of organizations
  and programs with links to useful websites and information related to the Community Involvement Criteria.
  
  
• Everything Old is New Again
  The National Garden Bureau launches a campaign to revitalize the ease and pleasure of growing from seed. This logo will be used to identify educational information on gardening from seed or bedding plants from seed. National Garden Bureau members will encourage the art and craft of gardening with seed using the Great Gardeners Use Seed™ logo. This is a commitment to reach teachers, youth, and adults teaching the benefits of gardening with seed and plants from seed.
  
  
• Community Foods: Definitions & Explanations
  Community food security is a relatively new concept with roots in such disciplines as community nutrition, nutrition education, public health, sustainable agriculture, and anti-hunger and community development.

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