What We Do
The Harvest Network exists to help people experience the power of growing their own food. Our goal is to empower people with the knowledge and skills they need to create a sustainable food supply in the context of shared relationships and resources. There are typically five ways people can grow their own food.
At Home: Using your property.
On a Public plot: Growing food on publicly owned land
In a Neighborhood: Growing food along side neighbors on local land
Communal approach: Sharing land and resources to grow food.
Communal Garden
Through a Jubilee Garden: Using land made available by churches and other social justice organizations to help the disadvantaged.
We empower food sustainability by offering consultation, educational resources, gardening supplies and coaching for individuals, groups and organizations who want to grow their own food.
Consultation: We make a personal on-site visit to your location and help you assess your gardening needs. This includes a customized plan for growing the kind of foods you are interested in, coupled with a cost analysis of how much money you will save by growing your own food as opposed to buying it at the grocery store.
Educational Resources: Growing your own food can be an intimidating experience. First time gardeners are surrounded by questions like: When do I start planting? How much should I plant? What plants grow best together? How do I preserve my food after I harvest it? We specialize in providing the information and training you need to plant, grow, preserve and even sell the food from your back yard. We offer classes, educational materials, and planting calendars to help you become a well rounded gardener.
Gardening Supplies: Starting a garden from scratch can eat into your pocket book. To lower the cost of gardening, we provide gardening tools, seeds, and tiller rentals at discount costs.
Coaching: Raising your own food, wether its fruits, vegetables, or backyard chickens, is a wonderful learning experience. As your gardening interests expand, so do your questions. We offer coaching in areas of soil preparation, composting, food preservation, and even entreprenuerial farming. This coaching is offered on an as needs basis, and is limited by staff or volunteer availability.
All of these services are offered with an emphasis on facilitating community and self sustainability, with a particular emphasis being shown towards those with economic constraints and elderly population.
