Community Garden Magazine Issue Eight April 2016 Community Garden Magazine Issue Eight April 2016 | Page 41

Other Notes:
1) Many States in the USA are taking on food initiatives of growing and
eating local. Most find that only 10% of what is currently grown is
even being used to eat inside their own State.
2) Some Schools that have started a Community Garden have found that
they can sell the fresh produce or fruits directly to their Cafeteria for
FUNDS to sustain their sites. Others sell to the contracted folks that
work with the management of the School Cafeteria, which still gives
schools some FUNDS to keep their Community Gardens going.
3) Do remember, that your Group can find Volunteers in the
Neighborhood. Ask the area businesses to have any of their working
staff to come in shifts or specific times and help the Community
Garden with weed pulling, watering, planting, tilling, and what other
needs there happen to be. Keep the communication open what you
need, what are your plans, and, what you may need to accomplish
that. Who knows what Equipment or Tools folks can help your Group
with when they know the need.

--National Gardening Association has award grants to 10,000 youth
gardening programs. Awards have been distributed in 15 different countries
around the world impacting 2.2 million young gardeners.

--This Mission of Kids Growing Strong is to empower families and caregivers
to inspire children to adopt healthy lifestyles through the proper nutrition
and exercise while motivating children to actively learn about themselves
and the environment through science-based, hands-on garden activities.

--The New York Restoration Project (NYRP) is a non-profit organization
driven by the conviction that all New Yorkers deserve beautiful, high-quality
public space within ready walking distance of their homes. Since our
founding in 1995 by Bette Midler, NYRP has planted trees, renovated
gardens, restored parks, and transformed open space for communities
throughout New York City’s five boroughs. As New York’s only citywide
conservancy, they bring private resources to spaces that lack adequate
municipal support, fortifying the City’s aging infrastructure and creating a
healthier env