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Community Engagement from the Ground Up: An Interdisciplinary Service-Learning After-School Garden Program

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  • Miller, Shari E.
  • Lee, Jung Sun
  • Berle, David

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Through the vehicle of community engagement, and with a commitment to ecological sustainability, the University of Georgia has made a series of efforts to support a growing local food movement through education, research, and service. This paper focuses on the development of a comprehensive after-school garden program with direct links to the university via interdisciplinary service-learning mechanisms. The university is located in a county with one of the highest poverty rates in the nation. With a commitment to creating innovative, community-empowered approaches to addressing poverty and related food insecurity, an interdisciplinary group of university faculty, in collaboration with community partners, came together to develop a sustainable after-school garden program. Students from three disciplines (foods and nutrition, horticulture, and social work) are placed in after-school sites to work with elementary school students to establish, support, and grow food gardens. This paper discusses the development process of the program. Anecdotal successes, challenges, and opportunities between, within, and across various systems are explored.

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  • Miller, Shari E. & Lee, Jung Sun & Berle, David, 2012. "Community Engagement from the Ground Up: An Interdisciplinary Service-Learning After-School Garden Program," Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Center for Transformative Action, Cornell University, vol. 2(3).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:joafsc:359479
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