Growing Gardens
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Mission Statement
Growing Gardens uses the experience of growing food in schools, backyards and correctional facilities to cultivate healthy, equitable communities.
About This Cause
Our Mission and Programs are guided by our Values, which we believe are self-evident: • All people have a right to healthy, culturally appropriate food; • Individuals and communities are strongest when they have the knowledge and skills to provide food for themselves and their communities; • The need for healthy food is universal and must be adapted to the special needs of diverse populations; • Learning and applying gardening skills adds financial benefits to individuals and • communities; and • Respecting our environment, and promoting the interconnectedness of all things, improves the quality of life for everyone. We understand that this is a process that each of us has a personal responsibility to work on and with others to design and continually perfect our organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion. We at Growing Gardens see that a garden is the perfect place to address systemic change and we intentionally focus on the whole family through hands-on learning where everyone feels welcomed to participate, we set the table for people to learn skills, build leadership, and grow in a way that is true to themselves. We see individual change as the seed for growing more resilient and positive communities. Underserved communities, especially communities of color face food insecurity, gentrification, intentional disinvestment, disenfranchised, and crumbling infrastructure negatively impact neighborhoods. The food system in the United States is marked by corporate subsidies, environmental destruction, and systemic oppression. There is injustice in the way that food is grown and distributed and in the fact that not all people have the ability to produce, purchase or eat the food that they want to. There are extreme health disparities between economic classes and between racial and ethnic groups, including health disparities related to diet, food access and quality. We believe that access to good, healthy, nourishing, culturally appropriate food is a basic human right that everyone should have. We know that our organization is stronger when we have a diversity of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives collaborating together towards a common goal. We recognize that in order to truly promote equity we must be aware of injustices past and present and prioritize our policies and systems in ways that dismantle the current hierarchy. We respect the inherent knowledge and expertise of those we work with. We actively seek out and elevate the voices of our community.