Event Title
Community Gardens: An Introduction to Organic Practices and Benefits
Faculty Mentor
Caralyn Zehnder
Keywords
Caralyn Zehnder
Abstract
Community gardens can provide fresh, local produce to members of urbal and rural cities, promote healthy lifestyles through educational programs, and have the potential to act as a vector for improvement of food quality in communities that are affected by food insecurity in the United States. Understanding biological and ecological components of gardening is vital to starting a community garden. The different factors that influence garden success are defined and explained in order to outline a guide that can be referrenced by communities interested in establishing their own garden.
Session Name:
Poster Presentation Session #1 - Poster #27
Start Date
4-4-2014 11:30 AM
End Date
4-4-2014 12:15 PM
Location
HSB 3rd Floor Student Commons
Community Gardens: An Introduction to Organic Practices and Benefits
HSB 3rd Floor Student Commons
Community gardens can provide fresh, local produce to members of urbal and rural cities, promote healthy lifestyles through educational programs, and have the potential to act as a vector for improvement of food quality in communities that are affected by food insecurity in the United States. Understanding biological and ecological components of gardening is vital to starting a community garden. The different factors that influence garden success are defined and explained in order to outline a guide that can be referrenced by communities interested in establishing their own garden.