Welcome
NO MORE VOLUNTEER SATURDAY HOURS FOR 2011
Thanks to all our volunteers who helped make the 2011 season such a success.
A record 8,828 pounds were donated to the Food Bank of Delaware this year!
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Mission
A cooperative partnership between the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, CANR Ag College Council, Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners and the Food Bank of Delaware.
Providing safe and nutritious food for Delaware families in need is a greater challenge today than ever before.
A core mission of the UD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is feeding the world in a sustainable manner.
The CANR is fortunate to manage UD’s 350 acre agro-ecology teaching complex. In 2009, we have dedicated part of this land to a “Garden for the Community.”
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Numbers...
Event |
Pounds of Food Donated |
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2009 Total |
over 6,000 |
2010 Total |
over 6,000 |
Harvest to Home - July 12, 2011 |
372 |
Harvest to Home - August 2, 2011 |
633 |
Total, by Evening in the Garden - August 11, 2011 |
6,000 |
Total, by October 6, 2011 (930 pounds harvested on that day alone!)View photos of volunteers helping put the 2011 Garden to rest here. |
8,445 |
Total, by November 14, 2011 (132 pounds of cabbage and 251 pounds of sweet potatoes were the last veggies harvested) -
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8,828 |
The Garden for the Community in the news...
| Ag Day 2011 | Volunteers Sign Up! |
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- "UD's Food Science Club bakes sweet potato pies for Food Bank of Delaware"
UDaily, November 21, 2011 - "Nature's Bounty" - interview with Mike Popovich UDaily, July 25, 2011
- "UD receives President's Honor Roll for distinguished community service"
UDaily, May 20, 2011 - "Food Science Club, McNair Scholars assist in holiday hunger relief"
UDaily, November 24, 2010 - Click here to see UD student television coverage of the May 7 and 15, 2010 planting dates
- "Volunteers plant seeds of hope at UD Garden for the Community" UDaily, May 7, 2010
- "Middle East volunteers work in UD's community garden" UDaily. July 14, 2009
- "Evening in the Garden raises $4,000 for Food Bank of Delaware" UDaily. August 20, 2009
"UD's community garden grows enough to feed 12,000" The Review. September 4, 2009
- "Sharing the Bounty" The UD Messenger. Vol 17, No 3
