Partner Organizations
Milwaukee Environmental Consortium
The Milwaukee Environmental Consortium provides communal office services and is a conduit for communal benefits to its members. The member organizations include nonprofit organizations with missions focused on environmental and sustainable development issues. MEC provides an open and welcoming working environment to all environmental groups in the Greater Milwaukee area.
http://www.milwaukeeenvironmentalconsortium.org
Land Tenure Publications
Community Gardens in Milwaukee
Reclaiming Vacant Lots: A Philadelphia Green Guide
Managing Vacant Land in Philadelphia: A Key Step Toward Neighborhood Revitalization
Resources
UW-Extension:
Master Gardeners
Master Gardeners are volunteers trained by UW-Extension specialists and agents in
many aspects of horticulture. In return for their training, Master Gardeners
volunteer to help with educational programs in horticulture and a wide variety of
community service projects. For more information about the SouthEast Wisconsin
Master Gardeners, call the Volunteer Coordinator at 414-290-2416 or visit the SEW
MG web site.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/milwaukee/mg/index.cfm
Horticulture Help Line
Have a yard or garden question? From 9 am to Noon Monday through Wednesday,
Milwaukee County residents may call 414-290-2410 to consult our Horticulturists
or Master Gardeners. For more answers to your yard and garden questions, visit the
Horticulture Help Line web page.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/milwaukee/hort/consumer/HortLine.cfm
Rent a Garden
2008 is the 36th year that Extension has rented gardens in Milwaukee County. For
urban residents who do not have a place to garden, the garden plot rental program
provides an opportunity to grow nutritious food, save grocery money, enjoy some
exercise and share family traditions. To learn more about renting a garden, visit the
Garden Rental web site or contact Carleen Xiong at 414-290-2405 or by email.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/milwaukee/hort/urbanag/gardenrental.cfm
Master Beekeeping & the Urban Apiculture Institute
Milwaukee County UW-Extension & the Urban Apiculture Institute have started
Wisconsin's first Master Beekeeper program. In 2008, we secured a permit for an
apiary at the community gardens in Wauwatosa and conducted our first Master
Beekeeper class. To learn more, contact Linda Reynolds, 414-290-2417, or visit the
Urban Apiculture Institute web page.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/milwaukee/hort/apiculture.cfm
Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Network - MUAN
A network of Milwaukee-area individuals and organizations collaborating to support urban agriculture and promote awareness of the value and importance of a local food system.
All are welcome! This is a casual network that is open to anyone interested in urban gardening,community gardening, local healthy food and urban aquaculture in all of its many forms. Please feel free to join us!
The Victory Garden Initiative
The Victory Garden Initiative is a grassroots movement encouraging you, yes you, to move grass, grow food. Victory Gardeners believe there is no better place to grow food, than in your own yard. In your yard you can foster sustainable agriculture, delicious nutrient rich food, a respect for the cycle of life, a healthy outdoor lifestyle, self-sufficiency and frugality by making the decision to grow your food in your own yard
www.thevictorygardeninitiative.com
Growing Power
Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. Growing Power implements this mission by providing hands-on training, on-the-ground demonstration, outreach and technical assistance through the development of Community Food Systems that help people grow, process, market and distribute food in a sustainable manner.
"Eat the View!" is a campaign to urge President-elect Obama to replant a large organic Victory Garden on the First Lawn with the produce going to the White House kitchen and to local food pantries.
"Eat the View" is coordinated by Kitchen Gardeners International, a Maine-based 501c3 nonprofit network of 10,000 gardeners from 100 countries who are inspiring and teaching more people to grow some of their own food.
Kitchen Gardeners International is a 501c3 nonprofit founded in Maine, USA with friends from around the world. Our mission is to empower individuals, families, and communities to achieve greater levels of food self-reliance through the promotion of kitchen gardening, home-cooking, and sustainable local food systems. In doing so, KGI seeks to connect, serve, and expand the global community of people who grow some of their own food. They have a great education/advise page.
http://www.kitchengardeners.org/
San Francisco Victory Garden
An wonderful example of what a city can do:
http://www.sfvictorygardens.org/cityhall.html
Local Harvest