{"id":5923,"date":"2010-02-17T18:58:23","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T00:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2010-02-17T18:58:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T00:58:23","slug":"college-community-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/college-community-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"The College Community Garden: 6 Schools Growin&#8217; their Own"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5925\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5925\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2010\/02\/duke-community-garden.jpg\" alt=\"duke community garden\" width=\"468\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/duke-community-garden.jpg 468w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/duke-community-garden-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students work in Duke University&#039;s community garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You likely associate community gardens with neighborhoods: residents (either with permission or &#8220;guerrilla gardening&#8221;-style) take over an empty lot and turn it into a green space. It turns out that colleges and universities have gotten in on the act: a number of schools around the US now offer space to students, faculty, and staff members who want to dig in the dirt, and grow their own food. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyevergreen.com\/story\/30945\">University of Idaho<\/a> is the most recent school to host a community garden; others have done it for years, or even decades. Here are just a few&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The University of Wisconsin\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eagleheightsgardens.org\/\">Eagle Heights Community Gardens<\/a> (EHCG): <\/strong>Since 1962, Badgers have had the opportunity to grow food locally and organically at this garden located at a university apartment complex. According to the garden&#8217;s web site, it&#8217;s a diverse activity: &#8220;the pool of gardeners speak approximately 60 languages.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gvsu.edu\/sustainability\/gvsu-community-garden-113.htm\">Grand Valley State University Community Garden<\/a>:<\/strong> This Michigan school&#8217;s garden started as a class project: students in a philosophy course on ecological literacy and sustainability designed and implemented the garden the 2008 Winter semester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundancechannel.com\/sunfiltered\/2010\/02\/school-community-garden\/\">school community gardens<\/a> at the Sundance Channel&#8217;s SUNfiltered blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credit: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.duke.edu\/2009\/05\/gardens1.html\">Duke University Office of News and Communication<\/a>\/ Photographer Megan Morr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You likely associate community gardens with neighborhoods: residents (either with permission or &#8220;guerrilla gardening&#8221;-style) take over an empty lot and turn it into a green space. 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