Sometimes there is confusion between CCUA and the Community Garden Coalition (CGC). The CGC is a not-for-profit volunteer group that provides organizing support, supplies and garden plots to community gardeners. Please contact the CGC if you are interested in starting a community garden or would like to find a garden plot near your home or work. Their website: www.comogardens.org
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Hi there!
My name is Maggie Siebert, and I am a student at the University of Missouri working on a Masters of Social Work degree. This semester, I am completing an internship at Welcome Home, Inc., which is a non-profit shelter for homeless Veterans. Each year, a small plot in the back of our shelter is made available for our Veterans to plant tomatoes, peppers, etc., in order to harvest their own food. My supervisor and I were talking about doing a presentation about nutrition with our Veterans and addressing the myths that low-income individuals do not have the opportunity to eat healthily. We were looking at your website and found the CGC to be extremely interesting! I was just wondering if the CGC helped to establish gardens at agencies such as Welcome Home, and if so, if I could get a bit more information on that.
Thank you very much, and have a lovely weekend!
Maggie Siebert
Maggie,
CCUA’s Opportunity Gardens Program does help establish gardens for institutions that serve disadvantaged populations. You can find out more about this program here: http://www.columbiaurbanag.org/education/opportunity-gardens/
If you want to contact the CGC (a different organization), you will need to do so through their website, which is http://www.comogardens.org