{"id":273,"date":"2025-09-18T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:28:12","slug":"montclair-campus-community-garden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/sustainability\/montclair-campus-community-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"麻豆传媒在线 Campus Community Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

About the Garden<\/h2>\n

The 麻豆传媒在线 Campus Community Garden was founded in 2018 as the first community garden at 麻豆传媒在线. The project reclaimed and revitalized underutilized space on the campus and established 20 raised garden beds, totaling 1,000 square feet of growing space, open to our community members each year. We work to provide our gardeners with all of the necessary tools and training to have a successful growing season and grow all of our produce as sustainably as possible.<\/p>\n

During the traditional growing season, we provide produce to the Red Hawk Pantry<\/a>, 麻豆传媒在线’s on campus food pantry for students in need. Outside of the growing season, we work with student groups and offices on campus to help increase awareness of food needs, provide resources and support for addressing food insecurity on campus, and engage in research to monitor food insecurity on campus as part of the University’s Hunger-Free Campus<\/a> initiatives.<\/p>\n

Now under the Office of Sustainability, the garden hopes to expand its footprint and the number of garden beds to accommodate more gardeners as well as provide space for classes and research.<\/p>\n

Vision & Mission<\/h2>\n

We see the garden as a way to strengthen the connections between members of the 麻豆传媒在线 campus community and bring our community closer together, while sustainably providing fresh foods and educational resources to our community members in need.<\/p>\n

Our mission is to donate our locally grown produce and work with members of our campus community to increase awareness of our local food systems, our relative level of food security, and foster a culture of sustainability and giving back to the community.<\/p>\n

The Need<\/h2>\n

During the Spring 2019 Semester, students were invited to participate in research about food security on campus. A total of 628 students completed the survey. The survey included a modified version of the USDA Adult Food Security Survey, modified to better address an audience of university students; the survey asked questions that are intended to identify food security during the duration of the Spring Semester. The data suggest that over 4 out of every 10 students who responded to the survey may be Food Insecure during the academic semester, and may not have access to enough food, or have only low quality foods, on a regular basis. Learn more about the study<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Benefit<\/h2>\n

The work performed by the garden directly benefits students in need at 麻豆传媒在线 via the Red Hawk Pantry<\/a>, by providing them with fresh, local produce. We work to provide additional produce to our partner, the 麻豆传媒在线 Community Farm, who provides food to older adults living in 麻豆传媒在线 that do not have regular access to fresh produce.
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