Why reinvent the wheel? Look at all of these contacts... Now we just have to decide how to divvy all this up, or compile it all for the inception of our online Green(GardenWeb)Pages Directory!
ADVICE/PARTNERSHIP/CONNECTING
(IDEAS: provide flyers, email notices to supporters, newsletter articles, inviting community participation?)
Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet--Silicon Valley, CA (http://www.acterra.org/)
Bringing people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet.
Conexions--Silicon Valley, CA (http://www.conexions.org/wordpress/)
Supporting programs to increase awareness and advance regenerative social, ecological, and business practices that enable Earth to thrive.
Habitat for Humanity International (http://www.habitat.org/)
Seeking to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world through volunteer labor and donations, and homeowner sweat equity and mortgage payments.
Santa Clara County Home Composting Program (http://www.reducewaste.org/portal/site/iwm/agencychp?path=%2Fv7%2FIntegrated%20Waste%20Management%20%28DIV%29%2FHome%20Composting)
Training, supplies and support for composting in Santa Clara County.
San Mateo County RecycleWorks (http://www.recycleworks.org/compost/index.html)
Training, supplies and support for composting in Santa Clara County.
Portland Yardsharing--Portland, OR (http://www.yardsharing.org/)
Uses detailed map to list properties that can host a garden, or post a listing looking for a place to garden.
Slow Food USA (http://www.slowfoodusa.org/)
Slow Food USA seeks to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system. We reconnect Americans with the people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils and waters that produce our food. We seek to inspire a transformation in food policy, production practices and market forces so that they ensure equity, sustainability and pleasure in the food we eat.
The Edible Schoolyard--Berkeley, CA (http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/)
Involves students in all aspects of farming a schoolyard garden and preparing, serving and eating food as a means of awakening their senses and encouraging awareness and appreciation of the transformative values of nourishment, community and stewardship of the land.
Getting Going Growing--Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, CA (http://www.conexions.org/wordpress/?page_id=33)
Non-profit community collaborative that provides support to school gardens.
Green Fork--Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, CA (http://www.conexions.org/wordpress/?page_id=16)
Goal is to open up new opportunities for local, organically grown food production.
Peninsula Permaculture--Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, CA (http://www.conexions.org/wordpress/?page_id=208)
Promotes regenerative design, renewable energy and care for local resources by creating living examples intended to bring these concepts to the forefront of people's actions and awareness.
Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture--CUESA (http://www.cuesa.org/cuesa/)
Dedicated to promoting a sustainable food system through the operation of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and its educational programs.
Solar Richmond (http://www.solarrichmond.org/)
Since 2006, Solar Richmond (SR) has served the community through green-collar job training and placement in solar PV and solar thermal. SR has always worked closely with diverse partners in city government, the non-profit world and local businesses, in order to foster a green economy in Richmond and bring good, green jobs to its residents. In 2009 SR brings more resources to the table to engage in job creation mechanisms, with an end-goal of permanent employment for program graduates in the solar industry.
The Urban Garden Project
http://urbangardenproject.wordpress.com/about-the-project/
An initiative to encourage people to learn from history, become more self-reliant, save a significant amount of money, and eat healthier, all as a result of planting their own urban garden! The goal of The Urban Garden Project™ is to encourage and catalog the creation of 100,000 urban gardens by 2020, 1 garden at a time!
Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening--Alameda County (http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=8)
The Bay-Friendly Gardening Program offers the home gardener tools for creating a beautiful and healthy Bay-Friendly garden. Likewise, the Bay-Friendly Landscaping Program provides resources for the professional landscaper to design, construct and maintain Bay-Friendly landscapes for clients.
Growing Power, Inc.
(http://www.growingpower.org/Index.htm)
Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. Growing Power implements this mission by providing hands-on training, on-the-ground demonstration, outreach and technical assistance through the development of Community Food Systems that help people grow, process, market and distribute food in a sustainable manner.
(http://www.growingpower.org/Will_Allen_Good_Food_Manifesto-1.pdf)
Local Harvest--Santa Cruz, CA (http://www.localharvest.org/about.jsp)
Informational resource for the Buy Local movement and information on direct marketing family farms.
Sustainable Table (http://www.sustainabletable.org/spread/)
Celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food.
TRAINING/LANDSCAPING SERVICES
Native Again Landscape--Silicon Valley, CA (http://www.native-again-landscape.com/)
Special interests are in growing plants that have edible and medicinal value; provide people with the information necessary to make the conversion from high water-use gardens to ecologically friendly designs.
Common Ground--Palo Alto, CA (http://www.commongroundinpaloalto.org/)
Training, supplies and support for edible gardening in the Bay Area.
Ecology Center--Berkeley, CA (http://www.ecologycenter.org/about/whoweare.html)
Providing people with the information they need, the alternatives they seek, and the infrastructure necessary to make sustainable practices possible on a large scale.
MODELS: URBAN BACKYARD FARM SERVICES
My Farm--San Francisco CA (http://myfarmsf.com/about.html)
(an initial consultation is $50; installation cost $750; and weekly maintenance, which includes a harvest box, is $25)
Seattle Urban Farm Co.--Seattle WA (seattleurbanfarmco.com)
Your Backyard Farmer--Portland OR (http://www.yourbackyardfarmer.com/)
All Edibles--East Bay (http://www.alledibles.com/)
Edible landscaping business.
San Francisco Victory Gardens (http://www.sfvictorygardens.org/)
Victory Gardens 2008+ is a program of Garden for the Environment and the City of San Francisco's Department for the Environment. A two-year pilot project to support the transition of backyard, front yard, window boxes, rooftops and unused land into organic food production areas. Starter Kits were delivered to the houses by a VG gardener upon a tricycle and included a lesson on how to build a raised bed, planting, drip irrigation system installation, water- and time-saving timer set up and one follow up harvest and seed saving lesson.
NONPROFIT COMMUNITY FARMS/EDUCATION
City Slicker Farms--West Oakland, CA (http://www.cityslickerfarms.org/)
Builds and maintains backyard and community vegetable gardens for low-income residents.
Veggielution--San Jose, CA (http://www.veggielution.org/)
Creating a sustainable food system through community farms.
Collective Roots--East Palo Alto, CA (http://www.collectiveroots.org/)
Engaging youth and community in food system change.
Urban Sprouts--San Francisco, CA (http://urbansprouts.blogspot.com/)
Nonprofit using school gardens to help youth actively engage in school, eat better and exercise more, and connect with the environment and each other.
Village Harvest--San Francisco Bay Area (http://www.villageharvest.org/)
Organize backyard fruit harvesting, and provide education on fruit tree care, harvesting, and food preservation. Volunteers harvest or pick up your fruit and take it to soup kitchens and food banks for distribution.
FUNDING
Together Green
http://www.togethergreen.org/Projects/Grantee.aspx
Innovation Grants support creative projects that contribute to significant gains in habitat, water and energy conservation.
Captain Planet Foundation (http://www.captainplanetfdn.org/states/ca.html)
Fund and support hands-on environmental projects for children and youths.
"Food for thought":
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1826271,00.html
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_sustainable_community_development
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1255.html
http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/edible.html
http://www.plantea.com/edibleland.htm
http://site.growbountiful.com/
http://www.soilfoodweb.com/
http://www.foodfightthedoc.com/foodfight.html
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/06/sharecropper-nycs-micro-farming-public-art-project/
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/edible/
http://www.greenwillowgardens.com/
