Community Garden Primers

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  http://go.ncsu.edu/CG-Handbook

  Eat Smart Move More North Carolina: Growing Communities through Gardens

• How to Organize an Allotment Community Garden, NCSU AG-727
• Food Safety for School and Community Gardens
• Collard Greens and Common Ground:  A North Carolina Community Food Gardening Handbook. Click the PDF icon near the bottom of the right column of the publication for a print ready version. Purchase a Hardcopy, $12 + shipping.

Community Development

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  Atlanta Community Garden Tool Bank – Image by Ellen Kirby

  Extension’s Community Development Program is a network that works collaboratively with local communities to harness local resources in building stronger communities and local economies.

• Community Garden Asset Inventory
• Cultivating Community: A Training Manual to Engage with Diversity in Community Food Systems
• The Role of Local Government in Creating Healthy, Livable Neighborhoods

Composting and Organic Matter

• Community Garden Compost Resources
• Composting and Vermiculture
• Composting publications

Cooperative Extension Resources

• Ask an Expert
• Journal of Extension – The official refereed journal of the U.S. Cooperative Extension System.
• North Carolina Educational Resources
• North Carolina AG Chem Manual – Integrated Pest Management Strategies for insects, diseases, weeds, animals
• One Search – 1008 Cooperative Extension Sites
• Syracuse Community Garden Resource Directory

Management

• Sample Application
• Sample Application in Spanish
• Sample Guidelines
• Model Programs and Policies
• Harvest Tracking Sheet
• Vegetable Measurement Guide

Nutrition

• Eat Smart, Move More NC
• A Garden of Health Poster
• Choose My Plate
• North Carolina Nutrition Services
• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center

Seeds

• Seed Sources
• SEEDS

Spanish Language Resources

• Community Gardening
  • Community Garden Interest_Survey
  • School_Garden_Interest_Survey
  • Start_a_Garden Guide
  • Growing_Community_Handout
  • Garden_Planning_Handout
  • Making_a_Site_Map
• Cucurbit Anthracnose – La Actracnosis de las Cucurbitáceas
• Cucurbit Downy Mildew – Añublo Lanoso en las Cucurbitáceas
• Cucurbit Gummy Stem –  Pudrición Gomosa en las Cucurbitáceas
• Cucurbit Powdery Mildew –  Añublo Polvoriento en las Cucurbitáceas.
• Disease_Resistance
• Fall_Gardens
• Food Safety (Spanish Version Included)

• Soil:  Careful Soil Sampling—The Key to Reliable Soil Test Information

• Vegetable Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide

• Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon – Marchitez de Fusarium en sandía

Other Spanish Resources

• Composting Is Good for Your Garden and the Environment, University of California

• Garden Resources, LifeLab
• Garden Start-Up Guide, University of California Cooperative Extension Los Angeles County
• Insects & Diseases
  • Bug Review, University of Illinois
  • Enfoque Plantas y Infermedates, University of Illinois
• Perennials, University of Illinois
• Recipes
  • Growing Minds Recipes
  • Delicious Heart Healthy Latino Recipes
• School Garden Guide, University of California
• Seed to Salad, Cornell
• Vea Su Jardin Crecer, University of Illinois
• Vegetables, University of Illinois

Videos

• Videos – by Kansas State
• Ephemeral Bamboo Sculptures – Will Hooker, NC State

Youth

• 4-H Youth Gardening, NC
• Agriculture in the Classroom
• The Food Project
• Junior Master Gardener

Links

• Community Gardening Links
• The American Community Gardening Association
• City Farmer, Urban Agriculture Notes