Farming & Gardening

  • Kentucky Gardens- Kentucky Garden is one of Cleveland's oldest and finest community gardens located on the near west side of Cleveland in the historic Ohio City District on West 38th Street off of Franklin and just north of Fairview Park.
  • Community Gardening Program of OSU Extension- For over 27 years, the Community Gardening Program has been fulfilling its mission to provide resources to help people grow food to eat, develop skills to live by, and build stronger communities and healthier environments. In 2005 there are 3,400 participants at 209 garden sites in neighborhoods, schools, and at social service agencies across the county.
  • George Jones Farm and Nature Preserve- The George Jones Farm and Nature Preserve is a 70 acre farmstead owned by Oberlin College and operated by the New Agrarian Center (NAC) as a cooperative farm incubator and educational center. The farm combines production areas for vegetables, fruits, composting, and free-range livestock with efforts to restore natural habitat. We approach the farm from an ecosystem perspective, working to restore topsoil, wetlands, forests, and meadows to create a truly sustainable food web that feeds people as well as wild plants and animals.
  • City Fresh- City Fresh is a joint initiative beteween the New Agrarian Center (NAC) and Ohio State University Cooperative Extension. The goal of City Fresh is to build a more just and sustainable local food system in Northeast Ohio. City Fresh seeks to meet the needs of both urban and rural communities by improving access to fresh locally grown food for urban residents and marketing opportunities in the city for local farmers.
  • New Agrarian Center- The New Agrarian Center is committed to building a stronger and more sustainable regional food system in Northeast Ohio- a food system that promotes health in the broadest sense of the word: healthy land, healthy communities, healthy individuals, and a healthy economy.