What does it mean to join the network?
As part of the network, you take the lead in your community. Your organization already understands the needs and strengths of your community, its culture, its infrastructure. You have connections to families, community leaders and service providers. The Giving Grove simply provides you with the curriculum, mentoring, and seed funding to help you establish a new orcharding program.
Still interested?
Here’s what it takes to bring The Giving Grove to your city:
To quickly have the greatest impact on food insecurity, we hope to locate our first programs in large urban areas where there are at least 50,000 food insecure residents AND where there is an organization with a proven track record of providing agricultural/gardening assistance to the community
I’m in!
If you think you meet our basic criteria, let’s start a conversation.
I’m not sure…
If you don’t meet our criteria or aren’t sure, don’t be discouraged. Your passion for growing fruit and fighting food insecurity in your community can move you onto our list of targeted cities. We remain opportunistic and flexible as we aim to create a successful network of LITTLE ORCHARDS making a BIG IMPACT.
