Closing the Loop
Supporting local food systems.
With our Garden Partners program, members have the option to share their earned compost with local farms and gardens, who create equitable access to healthy food in our communities.
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At Lighthouse, their mission is to provide safe and supportive homes for individuals seeking both stable housing and a place to heal. They are dedicated to creating a nurturing environment that promotes healing and personal growth, helping individuals rebuild their lives, foster lasting recovery, and reintegrate into their communities with renewed joy, peace, and meaning.
At Lighthouse, their mission is to provide safe and supportive homes for individuals seeking both stable housing and a place to heal. They are dedicated to creating a nurturing environment that promotes healing and personal growth, helping individuals rebuild their lives, foster lasting recovery, and reintegrate into their communities with renewed joy, peace, and meaning.
The Rhoades Property Garden serves as a space for UNCA students and faculty and Asheville community members to learn and participate in sustainable agriculture practices.The intergenerational activities that are practiced in the garden are intended to make connections between the diverse communities and neighborhoods of Asheville, educational institutions, and various sectors of the food system. The Rhoades Property garden provides a fun way to learn about sustainability and organic gardening and serves as an opportunity to gain and share knowledge, which in turn will create a community response to local food security.
The Rhoades Property Garden serves as a space for UNCA students and faculty and Asheville community members to learn and participate in sustainable agriculture practices.The intergenerational activities that are practiced in the garden are intended to make connections between the diverse communities and neighborhoods of Asheville, educational institutions, and various sectors of the food system. The Rhoades Property garden provides a fun way to learn about sustainability and organic gardening and serves as an opportunity to gain and share knowledge, which in turn will create a community response to local food security.
The Sand Hill Community Garden is located at the Buncombe County Sports Park in West Asheville. They donate produce to MANNA, a local free farmers market, and a free community meal at a local church. Please help them keep this neighborhood garden growing strong by sharing your earned compost.
The Sand Hill Community Garden is located at the Buncombe County Sports Park in West Asheville. They donate produce to MANNA, a local free farmers market, and a free community meal at a local church. Please help them keep this neighborhood garden growing strong by sharing your earned compost.
The Shiloh community is rooted in African American settlements dating back to the 19th century. Agriculture serves as a tradition in the area, one they are working to revive through their community garden and other such projects. Youth involvement at the Shiloh Community Garden includes not only the experience of growing produce organically, but lessons in food preparation, healthy eating, permaculture, sustainability, entrepreneurship, literacy, leadership and self-governance.
The Shiloh community is rooted in African American settlements dating back to the 19th century. Agriculture serves as a tradition in the area, one they are working to revive through their community garden and other such projects. Youth involvement at the Shiloh Community Garden includes not only the experience of growing produce organically, but lessons in food preparation, healthy eating, permaculture, sustainability, entrepreneurship, literacy, leadership and self-governance.
Southside Community Garden is located in the Southside Community, a historic African-American neighborhood and supported by volunteers and community members dedicated to growing food and community involvement. The project has welcomed a place for both neighbors and residents of the Southside Community, plus volunteers and community groups from outside the neighborhood to connect to agriculture and healthy eating in a food desert, meaning a place that lacks access to healthy food and groceries. The food grown in donated to the Southside kitchen which serves donation based meals and is open to the public.
Southside Community Garden is located in the Southside Community, a historic African-American neighborhood and supported by volunteers and community members dedicated to growing food and community involvement. The project has welcomed a place for both neighbors and residents of the Southside Community, plus volunteers and community groups from outside the neighborhood to connect to agriculture and healthy eating in a food desert, meaning a place that lacks access to healthy food and groceries. The food grown in donated to the Southside kitchen which serves donation based meals and is open to the public.
Lumenous Healing is an urban farmlette in South East Atlanta that started on a vacant lot by two homeschooling mamas. These women are called to nourish their families, themselves, and their community. Lumenous Healing grows medicinal herbs, flowers, and heirloom veggies without pesticides or chemical fertilizers all on a tight budget. It's a happy place for children, pets, plants, and pollinators to grow and play. Sharing compost keeps them flourishing!
Lumenous Healing is an urban farmlette in South East Atlanta that started on a vacant lot by two homeschooling mamas. These women are called to nourish their families, themselves, and their community. Lumenous Healing grows medicinal herbs, flowers, and heirloom veggies without pesticides or chemical fertilizers all on a tight budget. It's a happy place for children, pets, plants, and pollinators to grow and play. Sharing compost keeps them flourishing!
Medlock Park Community Garden's mission is to provide a welcoming outdoor community space where the focus is on people, sustainable organic gardening, learning, teaching, and healthy food choices.
Medlock Park Community Garden's mission is to provide a welcoming outdoor community space where the focus is on people, sustainable organic gardening, learning, teaching, and healthy food choices.
Nurture ATL is a new urban community garden project that seeks to address critical issues of food insecurity, environmental sustainability, and community education in the vibrant city of Atlanta. Through the utilization of innovative urban farming techniques and community engagement strategies, they aim to establish a model urban farm that serves as a catalyst for positive change in the local community.
Nurture ATL is a new urban community garden project that seeks to address critical issues of food insecurity, environmental sustainability, and community education in the vibrant city of Atlanta. Through the utilization of innovative urban farming techniques and community engagement strategies, they aim to establish a model urban farm that serves as a catalyst for positive change in the local community.
Congregation Ohr HaTorah is a modern orthodox synagogue located in Toco Hills in Atlanta. The OHT Garden, in memory of Maya Hazel Cohen, is a space for congregants and students to learn about the overlap between Judaism and environmental stewardship, and appreciation for the beauty in nature. The entire Ohr HaTorah team has created a lavish garden and enriching learning environment for their students. The synagouge offers after-school and Shabbat programming in their GrowTorah garden. Ohr HaTorah is the only synagogue Anafim partner of Grow Torah.
Congregation Ohr HaTorah is a modern orthodox synagogue located in Toco Hills in Atlanta. The OHT Garden, in memory of Maya Hazel Cohen, is a space for congregants and students to learn about the overlap between Judaism and environmental stewardship, and appreciation for the beauty in nature. The entire Ohr HaTorah team has created a lavish garden and enriching learning environment for their students. The synagouge offers after-school and Shabbat programming in their GrowTorah garden. Ohr HaTorah is the only synagogue Anafim partner of Grow Torah.
Our Giving Garden is a 501c3 nonprofit community farm and education space committed to interrupting poverty in the metro-Atlanta community through fresh produce donation, food access programs, and nature-based educational resources for children and adults. Located on three (3) acres in Mableton, Georgia their farm serves community members through partnerships with local food pantries and supports children and youth by providing a safe community space to learn and grow. Founded in 2016 by a group of friends as a community garden, their farm has grown to offer regular education and camp programming, and an educational animal program hosts a forest preschool onsite and as a WWOOF site for farm internships. As of 2022, they have donated over 8,000 pounds of fresh produce, and over 9,000 eggs, and they are just getting started!
Our Giving Garden is a 501c3 nonprofit community farm and education space committed to interrupting poverty in the metro-Atlanta community through fresh produce donation, food access programs, and nature-based educational resources for children and adults. Located on three (3) acres in Mableton, Georgia their farm serves community members through partnerships with local food pantries and supports children and youth by providing a safe community space to learn and grow. Founded in 2016 by a group of friends as a community garden, their farm has grown to offer regular education and camp programming, and an educational animal program hosts a forest preschool onsite and as a WWOOF site for farm internships. As of 2022, they have donated over 8,000 pounds of fresh produce, and over 9,000 eggs, and they are just getting started!
Civic Garden Center works with neighborhood residents to create community gardens, providing training and technical support for growing fruits and vegetables to create sustainable projects for the entire Greater Cincinnati region. They try to grow using only organic practices and materials. Each community garden grows various fruit and vegetables ranging from eggplant to corn and everything in between.
Civic Garden Center works with neighborhood residents to create community gardens, providing training and technical support for growing fruits and vegetables to create sustainable projects for the entire Greater Cincinnati region. They try to grow using only organic practices and materials. Each community garden grows various fruit and vegetables ranging from eggplant to corn and everything in between.
The Garden of Joy Culinary Academy was founded by former and current educators who witnessed far too many students succumb to gun violence. This tragic reality inspired them to create a safe space where young people could feel empowered, find purpose, and gain life-changing skills. Located in Cincinnati, the academy provides teenagers and young adults with opportunities to learn culinary arts, develop essential life skills, and receive mentorship in a garden-to-table environment. By combining culinary education with hands-on gardening, they aim to reduce violence, address food insecurity, and foster resilience and self-sufficiency in our community.
Their mission is to empower young people to build brighter futures through education, mentorship, and meaningful, sustainable connections to food and community.
The Garden of Joy Culinary Academy was founded by former and current educators who witnessed far too many students succumb to gun violence. This tragic reality inspired them to create a safe space where young people could feel empowered, find purpose, and gain life-changing skills. Located in Cincinnati, the academy provides teenagers and young adults with opportunities to learn culinary arts, develop essential life skills, and receive mentorship in a garden-to-table environment. By combining culinary education with hands-on gardening, they aim to reduce violence, address food insecurity, and foster resilience and self-sufficiency in our community.
Their mission is to empower young people to build brighter futures through education, mentorship, and meaningful, sustainable connections to food and community.
Sidestreams Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the mission of building gardens and creating locally grown fresh food projects. Sidestreams works throughout Cincinnati to not only increase fresh food access, but also empower others with tools and knowledge of how to grow their own food.
Sidestreams Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the mission of building gardens and creating locally grown fresh food projects. Sidestreams works throughout Cincinnati to not only increase fresh food access, but also empower others with tools and knowledge of how to grow their own food.
Taft Garden is a diverse group of passionate Walnut Hills residents growing healthy food, restoring urban soil, beautifying green spaces, and building community. They believe everyone deserves convenient access to fresh and affordable local produce.
Taft Garden is a diverse group of passionate Walnut Hills residents growing healthy food, restoring urban soil, beautifying green spaces, and building community. They believe everyone deserves convenient access to fresh and affordable local produce.
Located on Wilson Street in Chapel Hill, NC, Carolina Community Garden serves as a source of fresh sustainably grown produce for UNC-CH's lowest wage workers as well as a learning community for students, staff, and neighbors to develop gardening skills, healthy living, social responsibility, and interdisciplinary pursuits. CCCG is the result of shared efforts of staff, students, faculty and local residents. All of the fruits and vegetables grown are distributed to UNC housekeepers. Nutrient rich compost is a vital part of growing nutritious fruits and veggies; CCCG composts their yard waste, and you can learn more about composting by visiting their garden during work days, but they don't make enough to fulfill all their compost needs! Lets complete the urban food cycle and help support their mission by providing their garden with compost generated from your food scraps.
Located on Wilson Street in Chapel Hill, NC, Carolina Community Garden serves as a source of fresh sustainably grown produce for UNC-CH's lowest wage workers as well as a learning community for students, staff, and neighbors to develop gardening skills, healthy living, social responsibility, and interdisciplinary pursuits. CCCG is the result of shared efforts of staff, students, faculty and local residents. All of the fruits and vegetables grown are distributed to UNC housekeepers. Nutrient rich compost is a vital part of growing nutritious fruits and veggies; CCCG composts their yard waste, and you can learn more about composting by visiting their garden during work days, but they don't make enough to fulfill all their compost needs! Lets complete the urban food cycle and help support their mission by providing their garden with compost generated from your food scraps.
The Carrboro Community Garden Coalition (CCGC) runs a community garden located in MLK, Jr. Park off of Hillsborough Road in Carrboro, NC. You don't have to be a skilled gardener to join us, we're happy to teach you what we know! Some of our gardeners started out having never grown anything, while others have managed large-scale farms. Through the garden, we hope to increase sustainable urban food production and community involvement in growing local food. We hope to achieve these goals by 1) teaching people how to grow food, 2) locating, securing in trust, and managing land, 3) increasing access to resources, skills, and local knowledge, 4) creating spaces where community members share tools, land, seeds, skills, inspiration, and cultural awareness, and 5) modeling replicable and financially viable programs and practices
We do not use conventional fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides in the garden, relying instead on compost, "good" insects eating "bad" ones, leaf mulch, and manual labor to keep our crops healthy.
The Carrboro Community Garden Coalition (CCGC) runs a community garden located in MLK, Jr. Park off of Hillsborough Road in Carrboro, NC. You don't have to be a skilled gardener to join us, we're happy to teach you what we know! Some of our gardeners started out having never grown anything, while others have managed large-scale farms. Through the garden, we hope to increase sustainable urban food production and community involvement in growing local food. We hope to achieve these goals by 1) teaching people how to grow food, 2) locating, securing in trust, and managing land, 3) increasing access to resources, skills, and local knowledge, 4) creating spaces where community members share tools, land, seeds, skills, inspiration, and cultural awareness, and 5) modeling replicable and financially viable programs and practices
We do not use conventional fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides in the garden, relying instead on compost, "good" insects eating "bad" ones, leaf mulch, and manual labor to keep our crops healthy.
Community Garden Washington Terrace is fostering a community garden program that engages residents with educational workshops, provides produce for those experiencing food insecurity, and ultimately installs the residents as stakeholders of the program.
The garden serves an affordable housing complex consisting of 171 family units. Their crop is based on community input and includes collards, cabbage, broccoli, Brussels, strawberries, blueberries, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, eggplant, spinach, kale, okra, and more! They use olla pots to help with watering and have two outside volunteer managers for the garden in addition to resident volunteers. They use zero pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, using only an organic compost tea from a local nursery for nutrient needs.
Community Garden Washington Terrace is fostering a community garden program that engages residents with educational workshops, provides produce for those experiencing food insecurity, and ultimately installs the residents as stakeholders of the program.
The garden serves an affordable housing complex consisting of 171 family units. Their crop is based on community input and includes collards, cabbage, broccoli, Brussels, strawberries, blueberries, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, eggplant, spinach, kale, okra, and more! They use olla pots to help with watering and have two outside volunteer managers for the garden in addition to resident volunteers. They use zero pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, using only an organic compost tea from a local nursery for nutrient needs.
Dickson Foundation Community Garden provides hands-on opportunities to learn about planting, harvesting, and preparing healthy food. Produce harvested from the garden primarily go to students, staff, and faculty volunteers. Impacting the food security of the campus community guides distribution decisions. Group work times are scheduled in which garden staff lead service activities such as planting, mulching, watering, weeding, and general maintenance.
They do 3 seasons of crops. In the Fall; they plant beets, carrots, lettuces, kale, broccoli, radish, daikon radish, etc. In the Spring; they duplicate many of the Fall crops; In the summer they plant tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, butternut squash, watermelons, cantaloupe, etc
Dickson Foundation Community Garden provides hands-on opportunities to learn about planting, harvesting, and preparing healthy food. Produce harvested from the garden primarily go to students, staff, and faculty volunteers. Impacting the food security of the campus community guides distribution decisions. Group work times are scheduled in which garden staff lead service activities such as planting, mulching, watering, weeding, and general maintenance.
They do 3 seasons of crops. In the Fall; they plant beets, carrots, lettuces, kale, broccoli, radish, daikon radish, etc. In the Spring; they duplicate many of the Fall crops; In the summer they plant tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, butternut squash, watermelons, cantaloupe, etc
The Disciples’ Community Garden exists to uphold the following B.E.S.T. practices: Build connections between people and families of their faith community and those in the greater community; Empower individuals and families to take an active role in the garden, and their own food supply and welfare; Share the bounty of the garden and fruits of their common labor to the benefit of their community, especially the hungry; Teach each other what they know. Learn together, and engage younger members of the community to foster interest in sustainable gardening.
The Disciples’ Community Garden exists to uphold the following B.E.S.T. practices: Build connections between people and families of their faith community and those in the greater community; Empower individuals and families to take an active role in the garden, and their own food supply and welfare; Share the bounty of the garden and fruits of their common labor to the benefit of their community, especially the hungry; Teach each other what they know. Learn together, and engage younger members of the community to foster interest in sustainable gardening.
