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Urban Harvest's Proposal to Build an Urban Farm

An important part of Urban Harvest's vision is to create an urban farm that would become Greensboro's hub for urban food production, distribution and education, and the go-to place for sustainable activites. At the end of June, we made a presentation to the City Redevelopment Comission (CRC) to see if they would be interested in hearing a proposal from us - and they were.

On August 14th, we plan to go before the CRC to present a full proposal of our intentions. We are making part of the proposal available to the public. You can download it here.

There are many ways to support an Urban Farm in Greensboro

1. Become a Partner

In creating an Urban Farm, there are endless opportunities for Greensboro non-profit and for-profit companies to work together. Download the proposal to read about our vision for the urban farm, and then let us know how our organizations could benefit from working together.

2. Volunteer (outside the garden)

Since Urban Harvest is completely volunteer-run, we have many tasks outside of the garden that also require volunteers. Here are ways that your experience can help Urban Harvest:

Community Garden Leaders - help build the community garden element of the Urban Farm
Community/Neighborhood Liasons - help connect neighbors with Urban Harvest and the Urban Farm
Fundraising Events and Grant Writing
Website - coding/production of new website; video production
Publicity/Communication - updating blog, writing press releases and promoting Urban Harvest activities
Workshop and Camp Leaders - lead students/adults in camps or workshops in the gardens
Nonprofit Leadership - we are looking for Board Members

3. Write a Letter of Support

Tell the City Redevelopment Commission why you think an Urban Farm would benefit Greensboro, and how you might contribute or participate in an Urban Farm. Send us a PDF with your letterhead and response or just an email with your name and address (solely for the city's use in recording responses to the proposal).

4. Contribute Financially

We graciously accept financial contributions. We are a state nonprofit, but we do not yet have our federal 501(c)3 status (meaning that your donation is not yet tax-deductible). Even small amounts are welcome!

Fox8 News on the Urban Farm proposal

Urban Harvest Public Calendar

Urban Harvest is in love with Google, and has created a public Calendar to display all our activities.
Click through to see what's on the slate.

Volunteers

Want to get your hands dirty? Want to learn about sustainable mico-farming methods? Do you have expertise to contribute? Join us for a work day at Dunleith, or inquire about setting up regular volunteer hours at the garden, in the office, or for special events. We also love group volunteers, so send us an email if you are interested in bringing your group out to the garden.

See also, Urban Farm Proposal above. We need volunteers for out-of-garden activities.

Resources

Make something fun. Here are some resources for DIY urban farming or urban homesteading. At Earth Day we made seed balls and had a worm bin out for demonstration.

Seed Balls: On Seed Balls; the seed ball recipe that we used

Vermicomposting (worm bin): TreeHugger.com hilarious video; Washington State Extension Service; and another video on Vermicomposters.com

Dawn Leonard:

urbanharvest.gso@gmail.com

Write (NEW ADDRESS!):

711 N Greene St.
Greensboro, NC 27401

Directions to Dunleith Community Garden in the Aycock Neighborhood

Dunleith Community Garden is located in the Aycock historic district which is just northeast of downtown Greensboro. The address is approximately 681 Chestnut St., Greensboro, NC 27405

From downtown (in red): Take Summit Ave north(east) past the car dealership and under the railroad tracks. After crossing over Murrow Blvd, turn left into Charter Pl. Turn left again at Percy St and follow it around the block as it turns into Heritage Pl and then Chestnut St. The garden will be about 1 block up on the left.

From Wendover Ave (in blue): Exit Wendover at Church St heading south. Turn left at the stoplight onto Bessemer Ave. Turn right at the next light onto Yanceyvill St, and then another right into Hendrix St. Hendrix St will dead-end at a pedestrian bridge over the train tracks, so turn left into Chestnut St. Continue to almost the other end of Chestnut St. The garden will be on your right.