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People’s Garden

This initiative celebrates local gardens that build community, grow nutritious food, nurture greenspace, and inspire people through the experience of growing from seed to plant. The subgroup provides an opportunity for People’s Gardens nationwide to connect and learn from each other, share resources, and stay up to date on opportunities Register your garden today at usda.gov/PeoplesGarden!

People’s Garden Subgroup Rules of Engagement

  1. Be Kind and Courteous. We're all in this together to create a welcoming environment. Let's treat everyone with respect. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required. Bring good intent and assume good intent.
  1. No Hate Speech or Bullying. Make sure everyone feels safe. Bullying of any kind isn't allowed, and degrading comments about things like race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity will not be tolerated.
  1. No Promotions or Spam. Give more than you take to this community. Self-promotion, spam and irrelevant links aren't allowed.
  1. Respect Everyone's Privacy. Being part of this community requires mutual trust. Authentic, expressive discussions make communities great. Please respect everyone’s privacy.
  1. Enforcement of Rules. The People’s Garden subgroup is a space to share resources and have positive discussions on growing healthy food, community, collaboration and education. We will remove posts that are in violation of these Rules of Engagement. 

 

Members can also report any rule violations. If you discover a post/comment that violates the group’s standards, please report it to the admins. Subgroup admins, at their discretion, may remove members from the subgroup that violate the Rules of Engagement. Questions or Need Support? Contact OUAIP@usda.gov.

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Hi People's Garden community! I had a chance to visit with the WellFed Community during a trip to Tampa, FL. The group and partners are doing amazing things to spread food access and justice across the Tampa Bay area. Here are a few resources they have developed that may be of interest to you all: What is Food Sovereignty? (Video) Setting Tables for Community Food Sovereignty (Toolkit attached) Food Sovereignty Map (Tampa area) Share what your community is up to! Post in the People's Garden...

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About the Extension Foundation

This website is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation. For more information, please visit extension.org. You can view the terms of use at extension.org/about/terms.

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