The Growing Project is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit whose vision is to connect community members to each other, their food, and their land through urban agriculture and community gardening.
Our Mission
Our mission is to increase self-reliance by creating a strong, diverse, just, and local food system.
Our Projects
The Growing Project has many projects in the works: a CSA for low-income families, multiple community gardens, school gardens, an emergency food rescue effort, shared gardening tools and seeds, kids’ summer programs in agriculture...and more! Check out our Programs and Projects tab above for detailed information on our current programs. Check back often as our dreams become realities.
Our Story
One day, during a spontaneous conversation about the need for local food gardens in Fort Collins, a group of friends laid down the seed of a big idea. This seed was a question: Can local, sustainable community agriculture be integrated with increased food security, poverty relief, and environmental justice?
The answer to our question finally coalesced into a formal organization: The Growing Project, a group of people dedicated to improving food security in Larimer County through hands-on education and local food production. In October 2008, TGP officially filed for nonprofit status.
The purpose of the organization is reflected in its name. Not only is it our mission to grow food and community, but to grow the project itself--to become larger than itself, to take on more tasks, to spread like roots from a great oak.
Such a tree, of course, must always begin from a tiny seed. The Growing Project has begun to germinate.
Our Friends
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