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BACKGROUND
Community Gardens: Growing Demand
Interest in community gardens is growing among individuals, organizations and government agencies.
Gardening Matters received more requests for space in existing community gardens within the first
three...
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BACKGROUND
Community Gardens: Growing Demand
Interest in community gardens is growing among individuals, organizations and government agencies.
Gardening Matters received more requests for space in existing community gardens within the first
three months of this year than in all of 2008.
In addition to its referral program, Gardening Matters
received 40 requests for assistance in establishing new community gardens.
99% of all garden inquiries
received by Gardening Matters are related to food production.
Two major movements are driving increased interest in community gardens:
1) Locally grown Food and Urban Agriculture is gaining ground in the United States.
Urban residents
are concerned about where their food comes from and how it is grown.
Furthermore, they are
concerned about climate change and are interested in reducing their carbon footprints.
Growing one’s
own food is energy efficient and provides assurances of food safety.
2) The economic crisis has placed many fami
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