UAWG
The UAWG, or Urban Agriculture Working Group, mission is to “strengthen Rochester NY’s urban agriculture movement, develop community leaders, and collaboratively identify and address policy, resource and educational barriers to urban agriculture and community gardening of all kinds.” Read more…
Taproot Collective
“Founded in 2017, Taproot Collective is a nonprofit organization with the mission to design and build holistic systems for healthy local food, dignified housing, and educational opportunities with youth and families.” Read more…
Foodlink, NY
“We believe that the fight against hunger and the fight against poverty are one and the same. We envision a future in which food is recognized as a human right and every person is able to feed themselves and their families in dignity. Together, we work to create a more nourished, prosperous region.” Read more…
Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
“We recognize sustainability, in all its forms, as an important tenet of nonviolence and it is among our highest values at the Gandhi Institute. We therefore operate with both the present and future in mind as we work to better the environment, our community, and our organization.” Read more…
Rochester City Pickers
“Founded by Khoury Humphrey in January of 2015, Flower City Pickers (FCP) is a secular, all inclusive group of volunteers that redistributes leftover and discarded produce recovered from Rochester’s Public Market to local homeless shelters, halfway houses, soup kitchens, food pantries, and other organizations with need for food.” Read more…
Grow Green Rochester
“Grow Green is a family-oriented urban agriculture program that serves as an outdoor classroom to foster critical S.T.E.M. concepts (e.g. science and math), teamwork, physical activity, and creative skills.” Read more…
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County
“Cornell Cooperative Extension is your local connection to the research, information and expertise of your land-grant university. The Horticulture Program provides research-based ornamental horticulture information for home gardeners and commercial horticulture businesses.” Read more…