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21 U.S. Urban Agriculture Public Garden-Community Partner Collaborations Awarded Funds

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“The past year has underscored the widespread interest in, and need for, urban agriculture programs that address food insecurity.

WITN
June 24, 2021

Excerpt:

The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) and American Public Gardens Association (Association) have partnered to support public gardens and their community partners engaging in urban agriculture and food-growing to address food security challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, the USBG and the Association awarded $403,450 to 21 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.

The Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington, DE is one of the recipient gardens. DCH will mobilize home gardeners and community centers to plant extra food crops this year, will dedicate growing space at DCH’s E.D. Robinson Urban Farm for donation to local food pantries, coordinate the engagement and implementation for other Delaware partners to sign on, and will convert their in-person educational gardening programs to virtual programs.

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