Are you a community gardener, but you don’t feel a sense of community? Why not start a communal vegetable plot to grow food for others? Monarch Garden, an allotment garden in Humboldt Park, launched a produce giveaway in their garden last summer. The gardeners dedicated two plots, one vegetable and one herb, for donation. Throughout… Read more Share the Harvest: Starting a Produce Giveaway at Your Garden
For over ten years, Uptown’s Ginkgo Organic Gardens has been dedicated to growing and giving high-quality organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers to local organizations that serve people struggling with poverty, homelessness, and illness. According to one garden member, “the most challenging part of donating is understanding that many recipients will not share our interest… Read more Sharing the Harvest: Ginkgo Organic Gardens forges authentic connections
Erin Fuller, a gardener at the Merchant Park Community Garden in the Irving Park neighborhood, initiated the connection with a local WIC office after realizing they often had extra produce. Gardeners glean weekly during the growing season, and Erin delivers the produce to WIC’s nutritionist who is then able to make sure the clients that need the produce… Read more Sharing the Harvest: Donating Produce Engages the Community
Kam Isaiah Israel Congregation in Hyde Park is hosting the Fourth Annual MLK Food Justice Weekend. Come learn how community gardening can help promote food security for all Chicagoans. Fourth Annual MLK Food Justice Weekend “Shmita: Food Security and Sustainable Design in the Sabbatical Year and Beyond” KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation will honor the life and… Read more Check out the Fourth Annual MLK Food Justice Weekend at KAMII
With the season of giving right around the corner, why not consider donating your fresh locally grown produce? NeighborSpace has partnered with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to develop the Share the Harvest Initiative. Share the Harvest aims to partner community gardens with local emergency food assistance agencies. Gardens will have the opportunity to donate… Read more Share the Harvest
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