COVID-19 message: For the health and safety of our community, TGP programs will run at lower capacity with strict physical distancing policies and procedures. At the FoCo Commons Garden, please wear a mask and maintain more than 6ft of distance from other visitors. Thank you for keeping our garden safe.
food. people. justice.
THE GROWING PROJECT PROMOTES AN ENVIRONMENTALLY AND SOCIALLY JUST LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH DIRECT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCES, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND ADVOCACY.
OUR VALUES
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
Organizing and fostering inclusive and leaderful communities
RECOMMONING
Redistribution and reclaiming collective access to resources for community nourishment
RESTORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Accountability, transparency, and commitment to communal repairing and eliminating harm through a communitarian process
REGENERATIVE SYSTEMS
Empower communities to restore and reproduce thriving economic and ecological relations
FOOD JUSTICE
Encompassing term that seeks to advance equity and intersectionality (environmental, racial, economic, and social) in relationship to food for all
"THE TIME HAS COME TO RECLAIM THE STOLEN HARVEST AND CELEBRATE THE GROWING AND GIVING OF FOOD AS THE HIGHEST GIFT AND MOST REVOLUTIONARY ACT."
- Vandana Shiva