Adults/Professionals

Billings Forge Community Works

Billings Forge Community Works (BFCW) envisions a strong, stable and vibrant Frog Hollow where all residents have access to healthy and affordable food; where all youth have access to quality education and enrichment programming; and where there are job opportunities for all neighborhood residents.

BFC W is a driving force for community participation and empowerment in Frog Hollow through promoting access to healthy food; engaging youth; and developing employment opportunities and economically sustainable social enterprises.

The Edible Churchyard @ Union Theological Seminary

 The Edible Churchyard is Union Theological Seminary’s response to one of the central ecological and economic justice issues of our time. The basic idea is simple: re-imagine churchyards and rooftops as gardens to revitalize communities, reclaim food-based knowledge, and nourish the land and our bodies. The Edible Churchyard connects present day environmental justice concerns with Union’s rich history pioneering and nurturing community justice efforts and leadership development.

GREEN HUNTER GARDEN ART

Hello GREEN HUNTERS!

-Create Upcycled Garden Art from recycled treasures at no cost.

-Transform recyclables and household items into abstract art, animals, bird feeders, etc. 

-Design, build and furnish outdoor living spaces with distressed wood, and upcycled materials.

-Conserve animal habitat.

-Save landfills.

-Beautify community with creative architecture and public art.

-Contribute sustainable legacy to ESY.

-Come together.

Fruitful Minds

Fruitful Minds is a non profit organization providing nutrition education to youth in need in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.  The program recruits students from UC Berkeley and Saint Mary's College to deliver a customized nutrition education curriculum through classroom, afterschool or summer programs.  Classes include assemblies, 20-60 minute classes and parent education seminars.

Woodstock North High School Garden

The Woodstock North High School Garden is dedicated to creating a successful, sustainable outdoor classroom using organic methods, for the benefit of the students, staff, and community. Children learn to enjoy gardening in a positive manner, learn healthy eating habits, and learn how to use gardening to survive and prosper in the world, through decision-making, collaboration, and responsibility. The garden provides food for the school cafeteria, culinary arts, and an in-house food pantry for students of needy families.

The Food Project

Since 1991, The Food Project has been providing the Boston area with innovative community and youth programming based upon the belief that everyone deserves healthy, delicious food. Following sustainable agricultural practices, TFP farms on over 40 acres of land in urban and suburban communities in eastern Massachusetts. The Food that TFP grows is intended to increase access to healthy food; it is sold at Farmer’s Markets that accept EBT, WIC and senior coupons, sold as CSA shares, and donated to local hunger relief organizations. TFP youth engagement is integral to all of our programs.

Goler Community Garden at the Downtown Health Plaza

  Our garden is located at a safety net health clinic has 65,000 patient visits a year.  The clinic serves Pediatric, Ob/Gyn and Adult Medicine patients.  The garden provides fresh produce to the clinics at no charge as well as providing learning opportunities for all the neighborhood.  There are regular workdays for all volunteers with special times for instruction on gardening.  Also there are cooking classes for all ages.

Greenbelt Middle School at the Springhill Lake Garden Outdoor Classroom

Since the Three Sisters Demonstration Gardens project sprouted in 2010, Chesapeake Education, Arts, and Research Society (CHEARS) has established outdoor classroom gardens that are multi-generational, handicapped accessible, beautifully artistic, and are a great example showing how to grow local healthy food at home.

St.Mary's Nutrition Center/ Lots to Gardens

 As one of the newest health services offered by St. Mary's Health System, the Nutrition Center works to improve the nutritional status of all Maine residents. The Center strives to be a community resource and works towards promoting overall community wellness and providing all people with access to nutritious food, the opportunity to learn and implement healthy and safe eating practices, the support to make lifestyle changes that reduce the risk of nutrition related diseases and the ability to promote personal food security through growing one’s own food.

North Carolina Cooperative Extension of Warren County

 North Carolina Cooperative Extension partners with communities to deliver education and technology that enrich the lives, land and economy of North Carolinians.

Our FoodCorps Service Member, Horticulture Agent, 4-H Agent, and Extended Food and Nutrition Education Progammer (EFNEP), all work to provide nutrition education to children through school gardens. Our team has used gardens for programming at South Warren Elementary School, Mariam Boyd Elementary School, and Warren County High School. 

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