More than 96,000 people in New York’s Capital Region are food insecure.
That means that many families do not know where, what or when their next meal will be.
You can help them access the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, productive lives!
Donate to Capital District Community Gardens’ Urban Grow Center – a regional food hub that will enable the 39-year-old nonprofit to nourish 300,000 people with 1,000,000 pounds of fresh food each year. Your contribution will help CDCG purchase walk-in coolers, where fresh food will be refrigerated before being distributed to low-income neighborhoods, senior residences and child care centers throughout Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady and southern Saratoga counties.
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Capital District Community Gardens has already raised 80
percent of the $2.8 million needed to fund the first phase of this exciting
initiative. The nonprofit has been busy using sustainable building technologies
to rehab a 100-year-old factory building that was purchased in July of 2013,
along with an acre of city land in one of north central Troy, New York’s
developing neighborhoods.
URBAN GROW CENTER TIMELINE
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The Urban Grow Center, which opens on December 3, 2014, will
include:
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A marketplace that will make fresh produce
available to residents of the surrounding neighborhood.
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A volunteer and intern center that will be
accessible to people with disabilities, so that CDCG can involve more people in
the work they do.
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A gardener resource room where community members
can read about organic horticultural practices, nutrition and simple culinary
techniques for free.
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Replicable sustainable technologies, including a
green roof, a water reuse system, permeable paving and solar power.
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A produce distribution area that will enable
CDCG to expand its current programming.
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Since 1975, Capital District Community Gardens has worked to
reduce the impact of poor nutrition on public health in New York’s Capital
Region.
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CDCG’s 49 Community Gardens enable 4,000 residents to grow
their own food.
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Each week CDCG’s mobile produce markets deliver more than 90
varieties of fruits and veggies to nearly 50 inner-city locations, where
residents struggle to access fresh food.
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CDCG’s urban farm provides a safe place for underprivileged
high school youth to learn job and life skills while using organic practices to
grow crops, which they sell at local markets.
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CDCG delivers fresh produce to local convenience stores,
where inner-city residents shop every day.
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CDCG rescues unmarketable food from local farms,
supermarkets and gardeners and donates it to local food pantries, shelters and
soup kitchens.
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CDCG educates inner-city students in preschool through
second grade about how delicious and nutritious fresh food can be.
Help more people access the fresh food they need. Donate to
Capital District Community Gardens’ Urban Grow Center now!
Please join
CDCG for a special announcement and the grand opening of The Urban Grow Center
When:
December 3, 2014, 10:00 am
Where: 594 River Street, Troy, NY
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