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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Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Garden
The Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Community Garden began in 2010 and is a three-season garden, tended spring through fall. The garden has been tended by vested volunteer gardeners from Grace Covenant Church and from the community. Their mission is to donate 75% of the vegetables produced to community organizations that serve our neighbors unable to afford fresh vegetables. 
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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Garden
The Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Community Garden began in 2010 and is a three-season garden, tended spring through fall. The garden has been tended by vested volunteer gardeners from Grace Covenant Church and from the community. Their mission is to donate 75% of the vegetables produced to community organizations that serve our neighbors unable to afford fresh vegetables. 
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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Graham's Garden at Lighthouse

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Graham's Garden at Lighthouse

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Rhoades Property Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Rhoades Property Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Shiloh Community Garden

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.

 

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Shiloh Community Garden

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.

 

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Southside Community Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Southside Community Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Medlock Park Community Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Medlock Park Community Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Nurture ATL

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Nurture ATL

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Ohr Hatorah Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Ohr Hatorah Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Our Giving Garden

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!

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Our Giving Garden

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!

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Outdoor Fresh Farm

Outdoor Fresh Farm is an educational/demonstration farm that teaches sustainable, eco-friendly methods of agriculture. Since their farm is located in a food desert, they provide the elders and sickly in the community with fresh produce straight from the garden. They also educate about different animal husbandry practices that work in harmony with nature as well. They grow a lot of seasonal crops year round and have different methods of regenerative farming, vertical gardening, companion planting, and the square foot gardening method just to name a few.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Outdoor Fresh Farm

Outdoor Fresh Farm is an educational/demonstration farm that teaches sustainable, eco-friendly methods of agriculture. Since their farm is located in a food desert, they provide the elders and sickly in the community with fresh produce straight from the garden. They also educate about different animal husbandry practices that work in harmony with nature as well. They grow a lot of seasonal crops year round and have different methods of regenerative farming, vertical gardening, companion planting, and the square foot gardening method just to name a few.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Alliance Medical Ministry

Alliance Medical Ministry exists to provide affordable healthcare to working, uninsured adults in Wake County. Our community garden, located at 101 Donald Ross Drive, Raleigh, was created in 2009 to supplement our holistic approach to health care by providing our patients with fresh and organic produce to improve their diet and overall health. Yearly we donate 2,000 pounds of nutritious produce to our patients, and growing!

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Alliance Medical Ministry

Alliance Medical Ministry exists to provide affordable healthcare to working, uninsured adults in Wake County. Our community garden, located at 101 Donald Ross Drive, Raleigh, was created in 2009 to supplement our holistic approach to health care by providing our patients with fresh and organic produce to improve their diet and overall health. Yearly we donate 2,000 pounds of nutritious produce to our patients, and growing!

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Asbury Community Garden

Gardeners at the Asbury Community Garden enjoy a long growing season in full sun plots, experience community with fellow enthusiasts, and, more importantly, donate at least 50% of their harvest to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and individuals/families in need. The garden began in 2011 and has continued to thrive. More than fifty people from Asbury Church and the community are involved with the garden and have donated in excess of 7,000 pounds of vegetables to charities every year. The garden is harvested twice weekly by people leasing garden plots. Gardeners take joy in knowing that hungry families are enjoying fresh vegetables.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Asbury Community Garden

Gardeners at the Asbury Community Garden enjoy a long growing season in full sun plots, experience community with fellow enthusiasts, and, more importantly, donate at least 50% of their harvest to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and individuals/families in need. The garden began in 2011 and has continued to thrive. More than fifty people from Asbury Church and the community are involved with the garden and have donated in excess of 7,000 pounds of vegetables to charities every year. The garden is harvested twice weekly by people leasing garden plots. Gardeners take joy in knowing that hungry families are enjoying fresh vegetables.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Blossom Garden Club

Blossom Garden Club is a member of the Durham Council of Garden Clubs, Garden Clubs of NC, & The National Garden Club Association. They collaborate with The Trinity Park Foundation in Durham, as well as with Durham Parks & Recreation. The garden is located at The Trinity Park, a neighborhood park supported by City of Durham.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Blossom Garden Club

Blossom Garden Club is a member of the Durham Council of Garden Clubs, Garden Clubs of NC, & The National Garden Club Association. They collaborate with The Trinity Park Foundation in Durham, as well as with Durham Parks & Recreation. The garden is located at The Trinity Park, a neighborhood park supported by City of Durham.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Campus Community Garden at NCCU
Campus Community Garden at NCCU's mission is to create a sustainable and resilient ecosystem and garden community that is supported by academic innovation and addresses the food insecurities that fosters civic engagement.
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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Campus Community Garden at NCCU
Campus Community Garden at NCCU's mission is to create a sustainable and resilient ecosystem and garden community that is supported by academic innovation and addresses the food insecurities that fosters civic engagement.
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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Carolina Community Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*
Carolina Community Garden

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.

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members are supporting this garden with their compost*