The City of Kennesaw distributed the following news release about a grant awarded to Smith-Gilbert Gardens for a project in Mableton:
The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) and American Public Gardens Association (Association) are awarding support to 26 public gardens and their community partners engaging in urban agriculture, food-growing, and related education work. The 26 awards total $445,600 in support for public garden partnerships across the United States that will foster public engagement and education in urban food growing and build capacity in urban agriculture programs. The Urban Agriculture Resilience Program aims to strengthen collaborations, promote resilience and gather best practices from across the U.S.
Smith-Gilbert Gardens in Kennesaw, GA is one of the 2024 recipients.
“We are excited to be partnering with Our Giving Garden in Mableton to help us establish our food growing to enhance our community engagement and educational programming,” says Dave Simpson, Executive Director. “Our new garden area, called Living Laboratory, will expand our capacity to grow fresh fruits and vegetables, with produce donated to local communities in need, and enable our efforts to engage and educate new communities.”
Our Giving Garden is a 501c3 nonprofit farm and education center with a mission to interrupt poverty through fresh food access, education and greenspace access. The Giving Garden has donated over 10,000 pounds of organic produce and 12,000 eggs to the Sweetwater Mission Food Pantry.
The funds will help programs in 26 states and Washington, D.C. integrate urban food growing and urban agriculture education while addressing food security challenges in their communities. The program seeks to leverage the strength of public gardens working with partners in their communities, ranging from schools, universities, and urban farms to food pantries, community gardens, local government agencies and nonprofit organizations. This…
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