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Resources<\/h2>\n

* indicates a local resource<\/em>
\nSoil Health<\/p>\n

\u00bb Soil Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Global Garden<\/a> is a kid-friendly site that has a section on soil types, pH balance, and do-it-yourself soil testing.<\/p>\n

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) soil testing services<\/a>*<\/p>\n

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\u00bb Composting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Compost Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell Waste Management Institute<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Compost from beginners to experts<\/a><\/p>\n

New York City Compost Project Educational Materials<\/a><\/p>\n

Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA)<\/a>*<\/p>\n

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\u00bb Vermicomposting<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Burrow: Worm Composting<\/a><\/p>\n

Journey to Forever School composting; learn about soil, build a composter, and find resources for vermiculture<\/a><\/p>\n

Vermiculture for Kids Learn worm composting in a fun and engaging way!<\/a><\/p>\n

WormWoman.com <\/a><\/p>\n

Worm Composting Video <\/a><\/p>\n

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Water and Irrigation<\/p>\n

\u00bb Rain Barrels<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to Build Your Own Rain Barrel Video from HGTV<\/a><\/p>\n

City of Portland, Stormwater Management<\/a><\/p>\n

Save the Rain<\/a><\/p>\n

Building the Perfect Rain Barrel<\/a><\/p>\n

Rain Barrel Tips from Treehugger<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00bb Rain Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n

CCE Onondaga County Rain Gardens<\/a><\/p>\n

Low Impact Development Center <\/a><\/p>\n

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Irrigation<\/p>\n

\u00bb Drip Irrigation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Irrigation Tutorials.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Colorado State University Extension<\/a><\/p>\n

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Greenhouse Structures<\/p>\n

\u00bb Cold Frames<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cornell Cooperative Extension Oneida – Cold Frames and Hot Beds (downloadable guide)<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00bb Greenhouses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alabama Cooperative Extension (downloadable guide)<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00bb High Tunnels<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cornell – High Tunnels for Blackberries and Raspberries (downloadable guide)<\/a><\/p>\n

High Tunnels.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00bb Raised Beds<\/strong><\/p>\n

CCE Raised Bed Gardening<\/a><\/p>\n

NYS Health Dept. Raised Bed Toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n

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Horticulture<\/p>\n

\u00bb General Gardening<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kitchen Garden Planning<\/a><\/p>\n

City Farmer News (Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture)<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell Horticulture Department<\/a><\/p>\n

The Horticultural Society of New York<\/a><\/p>\n

Marion’s organic gardening tips and tools<\/a><\/p>\n

National Gardening Association – Primer for edible landscaping<\/a><\/p>\n

NE Vegetable Management Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

NGA – Food Gardening Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

USDA’s Home Gardening Page<\/a><\/p>\n

Weekend Gardener Seed starting home page.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00bb Organic Gardening<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service<\/a><\/p>\n

Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Organic Weed Management Website<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell University Vegetable Growing Guides<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00bb Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Permaculture Institute<\/a><\/p>\n

Urban Permaculture Guild<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00bb Pests<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service – Pest Management<\/a><\/p>\n

Northeastern IPM Center<\/a><\/p>\n

NYS Integrated Pest Management Program<\/a><\/p>\n

Vegetable MD Online<\/a><\/p>\n

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Children, Schools, And Gardening<\/p>\n

\u00bb General Kids’ Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Global Garden Project<\/a>
\n\u00bb Farm to School\/Farm to College<\/strong><\/p>\n

Community Food Security Coalition list of Farm to College programs<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00bb New York State<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Agriculture in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\n

New York State Agriculture in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell Garden Based Learning<\/a><\/p>\n

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Community Garden Organizations<\/p>\n

\u00bb New York State<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2192 Albany<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capital Roots<\/a><\/p>\n

Town of Guilderland Community Gardens. <\/a> Also see their ACGA<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

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\u2192 Binghamton<\/strong><\/p>\n

VINES<\/a><\/p>\n

Binghamton Urban Farm<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2192 Buffalo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Massachusetts Avenue Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Grassroots Gardens.<\/a> Also see their ACGA<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Queen City Farm is trying to work with the city of Buffalo to create an urban farm and implement transformational development. <\/a><\/p>\n

Urban Roots is a community garden cooperative with about 400 members in Buffalo and across the country. <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2192 Ithaca<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project Growing Hope<\/a><\/p>\n

Ithaca Childrens Garden<\/a><\/p>\n

Ithaca Community Gardens<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2192 New York City<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oasis New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Green Thumb<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2192 Rochester<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rochester Roots <\/a>is helping low-income people obtain nutritious, locally-grown food and practicing development and marketing of urban produce and products. Click to see a Rochester Roots pdf presentation.<\/p>\n

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Notable Food Justice Organizations and Farms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Growing Power<\/a><\/p>\n

Soul Fire Farm<\/a><\/p>\n

Michigan Urban Farming Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n

Detroit Black Food Security Network<\/a><\/p>\n

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Notable Municipal Gardening Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n

City of Oakland Parks and Recreation<\/a><\/p>\n

San Francisco Recreation and Parks<\/a><\/p>\n

Seattle P-Patch Community Gardening<\/a><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Urban Agriculture<\/a><\/p>\n

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Notable Community Gardening Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Atlanta<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atlanta Community Food Bank community gardening Web site<\/a><\/p>\n

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California<\/strong><\/p>\n

Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative<\/a><\/p>\n

City of Oakland Dept. of Parks and Recreation<\/a><\/p>\n

San Francisco Community Gardening Program<\/a><\/p>\n

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Detroit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garden Resource Program Collaborative<\/a><\/p>\n

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Madison, WI<\/strong><\/p>\n

UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS)<\/a><\/p>\n

Dane County Farmers’ Market <\/a><\/p>\n

Eagle Heights Community Garden<\/a><\/p>\n

Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC) <\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Fields Agriculture Institute<\/a><\/p>\n

Midwest Organic Services Association (MOSA) <\/a><\/p>\n

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Milwaukee, WI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Growing Power Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n

Milwaukee CSA Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n

Organic Advisory Council – WI Dept. of Agriculture <\/a><\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/p>\n

FoodRoutes <\/a><\/p>\n

Neighborhood Garden Association: A Philadelphia Land Trust<\/a><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society <\/a><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Green – a project of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society<\/a><\/p>\n

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Seattle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, P-Patch Community Gardens <\/a><\/p>\n

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Toronto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toronto Community Gardening Program<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wasatch, UT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wasatch Community Gardens Includes resources for composting, trellising, seed catalogs, and more.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Anti-Hunger<\/p>\n

Alameda Co. Community Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

America’s Second Harvest<\/a><\/p>\n

Arizona Community Action Association <\/a><\/p>\n

Arkansas Hunger Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n

Association of Arizona Food Banks <\/a><\/p>\n

Atlanta Community Food Bank <\/a><\/p>\n

Bread for the World<\/a><\/p>\n

California Food Policy Advocates<\/a><\/p>\n

Capital Area Community Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

Care & Share Food Bank <\/a><\/p>\n

Center on Hunger and Poverty<\/a><\/p>\n

Central PA Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

Community Food Bank of NJ<\/a><\/p>\n

Community Food Share<\/a><\/p>\n

Fairbanks Community Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

Food for Lane County<\/a><\/p>\n

Foodlink <\/a><\/p>\n

Food Security Learning Center<\/a><\/p>\n

Foodshare<\/a><\/p>\n

Freestore\/Foodbank <\/a><\/p>\n

Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

Greater Pittsburg Community Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

Hunger in Georgia<\/a><\/p>\n

Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee<\/a><\/p>\n

Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP)<\/a><\/p>\n

Just Harvest<\/a><\/p>\n

Kauai Food Bank <\/a><\/p>\n

KIDS Can Make A Difference<\/a><\/p>\n

LA Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness<\/a><\/p>\n

LA Regional Food Bank <\/a><\/p>\n

Mercer Street Friends<\/a><\/p>\n

Minnesota Food Share<\/a><\/p>\n

Oregon Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

PA Hunger Action Center<\/a><\/p>\n

Philabundance <\/a><\/p>\n

Sacramento Hunger Commission<\/a><\/p>\n

Second Harvest Heartland<\/a><\/p>\n

Snow Cap Community Charities<\/a><\/p>\n

Toledo-Northwest Ohio Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

United Way Los Angeles<\/a><\/p>\n

Western Massachusetts Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

Westside Food Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

World Hunger Ecumenical Arizona Task-Force (WHEAT)<\/a><\/p>\n

World Hunger Year<\/a><\/p>\n

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NC State University Cooperative Extension<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/nccommunitygarden.ncsu.edu\/foodsafety.html<\/a><\/p>\n

A Handbook for Beginning and Veteran Garden Organizers: \u00a0How to Reduce Food Safety Risks<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/chapmanfoodsafety.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/foodsafety-gardens.pdf’<\/a><\/p>\n

Food Safety Culture Team – Food Safety for School and Community Gardens<\/p>\n

http:\/\/chapmanfoodsafety.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/25\/food-safety-in-school-and-community-gardens\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Link to recording of 11\/30\/2013 webinar on Food Safety in Community and School Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/collaborate.wolfware.ncsu.edu\/play_recording.html?recordingId=1336767958947_1354286815967<\/a><\/p>\n

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Growing Safer Gardens<\/p>\n

http:\/\/growingsafergardens.com\/questions\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Miscellaneous Links<\/p>\n

Growing Gardens – cultivating communities<\/a><\/p>\n

iVillage Garden Web – forum for all types of community gardening discussions<\/a><\/p>\n

Center for Ecoliteracy<\/a><\/p>\n

Center for Neighborhood Technology<\/a><\/p>\n

Community Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n

Self Help Credit Union<\/a><\/p>\n

Sustainable Living Systems<\/a><\/p>\n

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New York State General Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cookin’ in the ‘Cuse’s blog and resource page for local and sustainable foods in and around Syracuse -lots of “foodie” info!<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell University Agricultural Outreach and Education<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell University Local food resource guide (downloadable)<\/a><\/p>\n

Genesee Valley Organic Community Supported Agriculture (GVOCSA)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hunger Action Network of New York<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Apple Country<\/a><\/p>\n

New York City FoodChange Food for Survival food bank program<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Farm Bureau <\/a><\/p>\n

NY Farm Viability Institute<\/a><\/p>\n

NY Farms! <\/a><\/p>\n

New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets<\/a><\/p>\n

New York State Vegetable Growers Association<\/a><\/p>\n

New York State Dept. of Agriculture and Markets<\/a><\/p>\n

Tompkins County Master Gardeners<\/a><\/p>\n

Yates County Master Gardeners<\/a><\/p>\n

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North America and International<\/strong><\/p>\n

American Farmland Trust<\/a><\/p>\n

Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network<\/a><\/p>\n

City Farmer Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture<\/a><\/p>\n

Community Food Security Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell University Farm to School Research & Extension Program<\/a><\/p>\n

Ecology Center Store<\/a><\/p>\n

Food First<\/a><\/p>\n

The Food Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Heifer International<\/a><\/p>\n

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy<\/a><\/p>\n

Just Food<\/a><\/p>\n

Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables<\/a><\/p>\n

National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture<\/a><\/p>\n

Oregon Rural Action<\/a><\/p>\n

Project for Public Spaces, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n

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