Below are some links to external websites and informative articles. Many of the websites offer guides for starting community gardens, as well as general gardening tips. There is also a list of helpful books and magazines at the bottom. Please contact us to let us know if you have questions or trouble accessing any of them.
WEBSITES:
NEW! Translation/Interpretation resources for Spanish and Hmong speakers (including a list of local translators and interpreters): www.northcoasttranslate.org.
Community Garden Projects:
McKinleyville Garden Project Blog
Mendocino County Gardens Project
Southcentral Wisconsin Community Gardens
American Community Gardening Association
Gardening Tips:
Planting Chart for North Coast – Coastal (adapted from UC Cooperative Extension)
Spanish version – Planting Chart for North Coast – Coastal (adapted from UC Cooperative Extension)
Planting Chart for North Coast – INLAND (from Mid Klamath Watershed Council)
Basic Steps To Starting a Garden
Grow Tips for Different Crops & CalFresh at Farms/Farmers Markets (Food for People, Humboldt County, CA)
Tips for North Coast Gardening
Integrated Pest Management from UC Davis
Community Gardening Resources (list in a Word doc)
Kids Guide to the Parts of A Flower
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT (links to articles about agriculture and food):
The Grocery Gap: Who has Access to Healthy Food and Why it Matters by Sarah Treuhaft and Allyson Karpyn
The Color of Food by Yvonne Yen Liu and Dominique Apollon, PhD
“If They Only Knew”: Colorblindness and Universalism in California Alternative Food Institutions by Julie Guthman
AntiRacist Practice in Community Food Organizations by Rachel Slocum
Politics and Culture Magazine: Special Issue on Food Sovereignty (search “food sovereignty”)
The Role of Community Gardens in Sustaining Healthy Communities by Susan Thompson, Corkery, and Judd