Community Conservation
Healthy Food, Healthy Communities
Programming includes the Farming for Health project, where community members share ideas on growing vegetables, herbs and medicinal plants to address health and healthy eating….
Youth crews improve wildlife habitat
Groundswell Conservancy partners with Operation Fresh Start to provide job training and on-the-land conservation education for at-risk youth ages 16 to 24. The youth crews…
Enrichment Program for Elementary Students
In partnership with another non-profit, offers a weekly after school enrichment program for elementary students at the local school with two programs: Grades K–2 and…
Foster a greater understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the natural environment
For nearly 30 years, the Little Traverse Conservancy (LTC) has offered programs and activities on their lands, as well as in the classroom, to foster…
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…
Community Supported Agriculture
Peconic Land Trust owns and operates Quail Hill Farm, one of the original Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms in the United States. Since its establishment…
Leadership, Employment Skills
Conserving Carolina hosts a Summer of Service program for community members ages 17 to 19 interested in trying something new and learning more about oneself…
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…
Farms for Farmers program
Equity Trust is a small nonprofit working with land trusts and community groups throughout the country on land access and affordability challenges. Their Farms for…
Rural and Urban Connections
Camp for kids ages 5 to 19 during school breaks and the summer to connect kids to the land, river and wildlife. Uses a multidisciplinary…