Community gardens are a major part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move initiative. Dig into these resources to learn about healthy, local food.
Community Gardening
Know Your Farmer, Know Your FoodUSDA. National Agricultural Library.
A USDA initiative to promote sustainable local and regional food systems that will support small and mid-sized farms and ranches, strengthen rural communities, promote healthy eating, and protect our natural resources.
American Community Gardening AssociationAmerican Community Gardening Association.
Fact sheets, contacts, links, reports and a discussion group that assist in starting, finding and researching community gardens. See:
- Tools - including Community Garden Start-Up Guides
- Funding Opportunities
USDA Blog: People's GardenUnited States Department of Agriculture.
Features updates related to USDA People's Garden initiative and community food. See specific posts tagged "People's Garden".
Community Garden Start-Up Guide (PDF | 86 KB)University of California. Cooperative Extension Service. Los Angeles County.
Guide to help neighborhood groups and organizations along the path to starting and sustaining a community garden.
Community Garden Guide: Vegetable Garden Planning and Development (PDF | 310 KB)USDA. NRCS. Rose Lake Plant Materials Center.
Discusses garden shape, size, preparation, and row orientation, and includes a chart listing vegetables, estimated pounds needed per person, row length to plant per person, yield per foot of row, and preservation data.
Books on Community GardeningUSDA. National Agricultural Library.
Searches for books in the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) on community gardening.
Articles on Community GardeningUSDA. National Agricultural Library.
Searches for articles in the NAL Article Citation database (AGRICOLA) on community gardening.
