Sustainability Efforts in the Trenton Community Ginny Weinmann

A non-profit focusing on community development and sustainability within Trenton, NJ. Direct action in the community, fostering self-reliance, creating safer neighborhoods, sponsoring renovation of homes, focusing on energy efficiency 30 community and school gardens Food and Sustainability Intern

Gardens Positive impact on urban community and cityscape Food donated to food pantries and sold through a CSA Isles Garden Tour Student education What I did: –Garden work –CSA –Research on market gardens Tucker Street Canal Farm

Work in the Garden Helped with CSA distribution Weeding and watering (learning about the labor of organic farming) Planting and harvesting Garden logistics Watering Tomatoes

Garden Co-op Research Rutgers and Isles Food Security Report Preliminary work on a project to put local garden food into the bodegas by forming a profit gardening co-op from all the gardens in Trenton Did research to create a database of similar existing projects

Home Energy and Financial Independence Worked one day a week at Isles E4 Home energy and financial independence section of Isles Foreclosure mitigation Personal contact with individuals in the community

Summary The impact that urban gardens have on cities The essentiality of non-profits working together for a greater goal A need to educate children about healthy food options A personal desire to work with sustainable food in the future Thank You –Meredith Taylor –Jim Simon –Peter Rose CSA Distribution Tucker Street Corn with Battle Monument