Category: Growing Sustainably

• Garden to Table Advocates for Agriculture Land Use on Industrial Zones

  

  CommUniverCity San José’s Growing Sustainably, a direct partnership of Garden to Table, advocated successfully for changing Title 20 (Zoning Ordinance) for industrial zones to allow up to one acre of urban agricultural land use. When Barry Swenson signed a land use agreement with Garden to Table to allow them to use a one-acre empty lot by…

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  October 2, 2013

  Growing Sustainably, Neighborhood Revitalization

  Aquaculture, Aquaponic, Community Health, garden to table, growing sustainably, San Jose City Council, San Jose Planning Commission, Urban Agriculture, Urban Planning, Zoning Ordinance

• Bearing fruit with Garden to Table – Growing Sustainably

  

    Our program and partnership Growing Sustainably – Garden to Table, was featured this Saturday August 3, 2013 in L.A. Times by Lee Romney on the story of how Garden to Table began, and how our efforts have addressed the issues of poverty, crime, neighborhood blight, and food security in the Central San José neighborhoods. We…

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  August 5, 2013

  Growing Sustainably, Neighborhood Revitalization, Newsletters and Media, Programs

  apartment garden, community garden, Community Health, downtown San Jose, g2t, garden to table, growing sustainably, homelessness, neighborhood, neighborhood revitalization, organic, Rocketship, San Jose

• Clearing Backyard for a New Neighborhood Garden

  

    This weekend we partnered with Garden to Table and the Downtown Streets Team to engage community members to volunteer and help clear out our next neighborhood community garden. A wonderful couple shared their backyard for three households to transform into a neighborhood garden. These households and community members will be determined in the coming…

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  August 1, 2013

  Growing Sustainably, Programs

  community garden, downtown San Jose, Downtown Streets Team, garden, garden to table, homelessness, neighborhood, neighborhood revitalization, organic, San Jose

• Growing Sustainably – Garden to Table July 2013 Update

  

    The weather may be getting warmer, but our Growing Sustainably: Garden to Table apartment gardens are still going strong, thanks to volunteers and community residents. Do you know an apartment that could be a potential site for our apartment garden project? You want to help build gardens with us? Join us at our next meeting…

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  July 26, 2013

  Growing Sustainably, Neighborhood Revitalization, Programs

  apartment garden, community garden, Community Health, g2t, garden, garden to table, growing sustainably, Rocketship, school garden