Greater Faith Baptist Church Community Garden – South Carolina Primary Contact Person: James L MyersGarden address: 225 Dorchester Street, Orangeburg, DC 29115 The Greater Faith Baptist Church has operated a vegetable garden for over seven years. The garden was expanded in 2023 from eight beds to 28 beds so that we could provide more produce …
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CAMDEN ELEMENTARY LEARNING GARDEN – Mississippi Name of awarded organization: Camden Elementary Parent – Teacher Organization Name of organization contact person: Christina Walker Community Garden Address: 4784 Hwy 43 North Camden, MS 39045 Establishing a garden at school provides students with hands-on learning opportunities about where food comes from, promote healthy eating habits …
Town Of Arcadia Garden-Louisiana Contact Person’s name: Jacqueline D. Sampson Special gratitude goes to the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service and Community Resources Connections, Inc., for providing the grant to establish the Town of Arcadia Community Garden and to Ms. Peggy Wright for the use of her land and for recognizing the importance of this initiative …
Louisiana National Guard-Youth Challenge Program-Louisiana Contact Person: Umeca Briscoe Carville, LA The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) – Youth Challenge Program at the Gillis W. Long Center was one of 5 community organizations to receive a community garden grant in Louisiana from the Community Resources Connection (CRC), Inc., in 2024. CRC collaborated with the United States …
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DEEP DOWN ROOTS COMMUNITY GARDEN – Louisiana Name of contact person: Ann-Meredith Wootton Community Garden Address: 2781 Sage St, New Orleans, LA, 70122 The Edgewood Heights neighborhood in New Orleans, LA, is made up of 50 families, predominantly Black grandmothers (60-90 years old) and young Garifuna and Latinx families. Our community is located far from …
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Community – Louisiana What a difference a year makes? Reflecting over the beginning of our community garden project to the present, there has been many lessons learned, accomplishments made, disappointments had, but all to enhance the road to a brighter future. First, we would like to thank Community Resource Connection for …
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Shreveport Green – MLK Community Garden -Louisiana Christopher Dupree, Project Manager As a result of a generous grant from the USDA-National Resources Conservation Service, in collaboration with Community Resources Connection, Inc., the Shreveport Green – MLK Community Garden received a new drip line Irrigation system that was installed for constant watering of all 32 raised …
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Mississippi Delta Academies – Leflore Legacy Academy Community Garden Fundraising:Garden Groundbreaking Leflore Legacy was honored to receive a garden grant awarded through a collaboration between Community Resources Connection (CRC), Inc and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Natural Resources Conservation Service that aims to increase availability of local fresh fruits and vegetables …
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Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church – Browning Community Garden, Browning, Mississippi Browning is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi. Browning is approximately two miles east of Greenwood and five miles west of Valley Hill on Browning Road near U.S. Route 82 and located within the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Leflore County was 28,339. The county seat …
High School for Health Professionals (HSHP) Success Story High School for Health Professionals (HSHP) is proud to have been able to receive a $10,000 grant through cooperative effort between United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), South Carolina Food Connection Community Garden Initiative. As a result of the project, student participants …
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