Garden of Eden Urban Farming
Promoting better diet, nutrition and economies for families and communities.
Training & Gardening
- We work with local affiliates to create training programs for technicians, managers and entrepreneurs with hands-on and classroom experience in soil-free gardening.
- We expose growers and students to a wide range of crops, equipment and media.
- We explore how to make crop choices based on market research.
- We encourage and support multiple methods of hydroponic cultivation; we do not focus on specific methodologies or advocate for particular products.
- Our current emphasis is on microgreens, the highly nutritious early stage of various vegetables.
Project Development
- We develop urban vertical gardening projects in cooperation with non-profits, churches, schools and small businesses.
- Our comprehensive planning tool helps new and experienced farmers avoid pitfalls that come from insufficient understanding of the business of indoor farming.
- We cultivate new economic engines in disadvantaged communities.
- We provide guidance regarding capital formation, equipment, logistics, training, production, distribution and management skills. Each local producer provides space, personnel and local transportation and networking.
Why?
- We are motivated by social issues stemming from the challenges of so-called urban food deserts, consisting of communities that are poorly served by the 20th Century model of food distribution and marketing system with its vicious circle of decreasing nutrition and economic decline. Many of these issues can be addressed, at least in part, by replacing industrial farming, long-distance transportation, and expensive storage with more eco-friendly, sustainable models that keep the food fresh and the money local. (Another Take)
- We strive to build awareness and acceptance of healthy diets and local production.
In case you are wondering why we are concerned about the relationship between food and community, you may find the article linked below instructive. The authors connect the dots between industrial farming and both economic and physical health.... Continues...
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