We aim to make fresh produce accessible to all families in our community.
About us
Objectives
Provide access for all to local fresh, healthy food via home garden support, community gardens, farms, restaurants, and by supporting local small businesses.
Develop a self-reliant community-based food economy, where production, processing, distribution, and consumption are integrated locally.
Educate our community on the benefits of a resilient local food system based on regenerative growing techniques, preserving food, and healthy eating.
Our story began in February of 2019, when a few concerned individuals in Greenwood Lake met to discuss strengthening our resilience and the importance of local food.
Following a year of effort to develop an organization and mission with input from other like-minded individuals, we established and officially incorporated a non-profit organization in 2020.
During our gatherings, many participants shared their knowledge and skills in gardening, seed saving, cooking and food preservation. Using the pillars of Education, Food Sovereignty, and Community, this group has focused on helping community members start their own home gardens and establishing the Common Ground Community Garden.
Today, Grow Local Greenwood Lake offers a variety of programs for the community. Sharing our love of the earth and growing our own food is a gift we can give to the next generation. The local Scouts and school groups have joined us for Planting Workshops, Sweet Potato Digs, and a Spiral Herb Garden planting. We’ve instituted Food Scraps Collection at the Farmers Market, Composting at the Community Garden, and Crop Sharing between fellow gardeners. We have more events in the works for the coming seasons. Do you have a great idea along these lines? Join us and we can help make it happen together!
