Organizations
American Community Garden Association
The ACGA supports community gardening by facilitating the formation and expansion of state and regional community gardening networks, developing resources in support of community gardening and encouraging research and conducting educational programs. Offer web-based tool for planning and starting a community garden.
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Beginning Farmers
This site is a terrific resource for anyone interested in starting their own farm, regardless of size and scope.
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California School Garden Network
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Capital District Community Gardens
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City Blossoms
City Blossoms is a non-profit "organization dedicated to working with schools, neighborhood groups, community centers and other organizations to create spaces for children to use their creativity and combined strength and skills to learn how to grow and maintain fantastic yet functioning gardens". City Blossoms brings the gardening experience to schools and youth organizations in 3 different ways 1) teaching 2) consulting 3) curriculum.
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Crop Mob
Crop mob is primarily a group of young, landless, and wannabe farmers who come together to build and empower communities by working side by side. Crop mob is also a group of experienced farmers and gardeners willing to share their knowledge with their peers and the next generation of agrarians. The membership is dynamic, changing and growing with each new mob event.
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Farm to School
Farm to School brings healthy food from local farms to school children nationwide. The program teaches students about the path from farm to fork, and instills healthy eating habits that can last a lifetime. At the same time, use of local produce in school meals and educational activities provides a new direct market for farmers in the area and mitigates environmental impacts of transporting food long distances.
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Farmer Resource Network
The Farmer Resource Network connects you to more than 500 organizations developing innovative approaches to producing, processing and marketing food from family farms. We're here to share our stories about successful farm operations and connect you to people with ideas to diversify and strengthen your farm.
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Garden State Urban Farms
GSUF collaborates with schools, nonprofit organizations and government groups to provide employment opportunities and educational programming as well as low-cost, healthy food in urban areas throughout New Jersey.
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Green Thumb: New York City
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Growing Gardens
They plant seeds for good food and healthy people by making sure low income people have the resources they need to grow organic vegetables at home. Through this work, community members meet over the backyard garden, through volunteering, by attending classes and through sharing extra produce. Growing Gardens is based in Portland, Oregon, but also offers great online information for anyone interested in starting a school garden.
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Intergenerate
InterGenerate is an initiative for environmental and social sustainability in Northern Westchester, NY. They promote the use of local resources and network to bring people together across a variety of diversities.
InterGenerate creates the opportunity for Westchester residents to grow their own food by establishing community gardens throughout the county.
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Kids Gardening
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NY Coalition For Healthy School Food
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Organic Consumers Association
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Organic Farming Research Foundation
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Organic Growers School
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Organic Seed Alliance
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Rogue Farm Corps
Rogue Farm Corps Farms Next Internship Program assists beginning farmers expand their knowledge and experience of sustainable agriculture by creating an exchange of information and skills across a broad spectrum of small farms and ranches in our community. With over 10 participating farms, Farms Next offers interns a training curriculum, greatly expanding the opportunities for learning offered in a traditional farm internship program. By completing the training curriculum, interns are exposed to the breadth of knowledge and skills necessary to manage a small farm of their own.
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School Garden Wizard
An incredible resource for anyone wanting to start a school garden. Lots of pertinent information starting with creating a proposal and planning for success, moving into creating the garden, learning in the garden and finally "keep it growing". This is a very organized step by step approach.
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Seattle Tilth
Seattle Tilth inspires and educates people to garden organically, conserve natural resources and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community. Their vision is to transform the NW region into the organic gardening capital of the world. Great resource in the NW, offering many classes, workshops and events.
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Seed Savers Exchange
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Slow Food International
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Soil Foodweb
Offers information on how to ensure a healthy food web to promote plant growth and reduce reliance on inorganic chemicals. Founder Dr. Elaine Ingham promotes sustainable farming by maintaining healthy soil without damaging any other ecosystem.
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Top Sprouts
Top Sprouts partners with building owners to invest in their underutilized rooftop space by building greenhouses for urban agriculture. They use sustainable farming technology and capture building resources to grow fresh local produce while greening the building and generating great returns for the owner.
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Urban Farming
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WWOOF
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WWOOF - USA
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