Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Community Gardens

At A Glance

Location: 

St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Primary Issue Area:

  • Food

Active since:

2010

Core volunteers:

2

Community Size:

7,571

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to...
  • Continue community initiatives that create healthly, just, safe and environmentally sustainable communities, through gardens access
  • To assist individuals and families to address issues of food inequity and food insecurity, relative to community health 
  • To work collaboratively with NEKCA (local agency through which free seeds are made available) to provide opportunities for self-reliance in concert with improved diet and overall health
  • To connect gardeners with garden spaces and other individuals in a way that creates "community" in an area of increasing transigience, and increase educational opportunities, based on communal knowledge
  • To provide an opportunity for home schoolers / other groups to learn about their food, where it comes from, how it is prepared and preserved.