Community Conservation
Community Gardens for the Foodbank
Established a 17-plot community garden at the land trust’s office. Two elevated garden beds are designated for people with special needs or mobility challenges. Organizations…
Transplanting Traditions Community Farm (TTCF)
The Conservancy was given the 269-acre J. Logan and Elinor Moore Irvin Nature Preserve as a bequest in 2007 with the provision that it not…
Growing Entrepreneurs Program teaches farming and job skills
Community gardening provides neighbors with exercise, stress relief, a sense of well-being and opportunities for family time and learning new skills. The New Haven Land…
Healthy food for low-income, urban and immigrant residents
Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT) was founded in 1981 to increase the availability of healthy food for low-income, urban and immigrant Providence residents. It has…
Urban garden movement
Works in 20 diverse neighborhoods within two New York City boroughs Owns 35 gardens and leases two others BQLT provides gardens with management support, garden…
Urban Gardens–Growing Community and Food
The urban garden movement is steadily growing, with land trusts all across the country working with their communities to create places for gathering, growing and…
Gardening Apprenticeship Program
This program equips student leaders and community members to facilitate a biweekly, farmers’ market-style, Free Food Distribution at the Fremont Wellness Center and Community Garden….
Advocates for land security for immigrant and beginning farmers
The Making Allies for Healthier Communities partnership promotes healthy communities by conserving quality farmland for local farmers to grow and sell fresh food to all…
The Incubator Farm
The Farmer Incubator Program is a critical part of Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy’s Farmland Access Service, which provides access to land, infrastructure (greenhouses, washing and…
Leadership program grows with a garden
Lookout Mountain Conservancy owns and manages an organic garden as part of its high school youth and leadership program. Students discuss with their families what…