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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Refugee Agriculture Program

 

 

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About Us:

Global Gardens is a program of the Idaho Office for Refugees.  We sponsor refugee agriculture projects at 7 locations in Boise and Eagle and provide garden or farm space for around 100 refugee families as well as training in horticultural production and marketing. 

 

We have 5 sites that are community gardens, where families can get a small space and grow vegetables for their families.  We don't offer any community garden spaces for non-refugees at this time, but please check out the "Community Gardens" page for more information on community gardening.

 

We have 2 sites which we consider farms -- they are larger, between 2 and 3 acres which are not divided. Groups of refugees work together at these sites to cultivate vegetables for family consumption and for sale at local farmer's markets and restaurants.

 

You can learn more about all of the sites HERE

 

All of our gardens are on donated land and use organic farming methods.  During the growing season, we sell produce at the Tuesday evening Farmer's Market at Edward’s Greenhouse and the Capital City Public Market, downtown on Saturday mornings.  We have a CSA -- Communtiy Supported Agriculture.  Learn more about it on the CSA page.  We also sell to restaurants, including Bittercreek Alehouse, The Red Feather, and Mesa Taqueria.

 

We receive funding from the federal Office for Refugee Resettlement.  We also receive many local donations in cash and in kind.  The Somali Bantu Farm in Eagle received a grant in 2008 from Heifer International’s New Immigrant Farming Initiative and recently received a grant from the USDA's Farmer's Market Promotion Program. 


 

For more information, please contact

Katie Painter

Refugee Agriculture Coordinator

Idaho Office for Refugees

208-336-4222

or by email at kpainter@idahorefugees.org

Our office is located in the Mountain States Group Building:

Idaho Office for Refugees

1607 W. Jefferson St.

Boise, ID 83702


Local Updates

01.05.10
MAA Innovations in Technical Assistance (MITA)
Recently, ECDC was awarded funding from the Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide innovative technical assistance to ECBOs from around the country.  The goal of this initiative is to provide intensive one-on-one Technical Assistance (TA) to Ethnic Community-Based Organizations (ECBOs) and/or Mutual Assistant Associations (MAAs), in order to enhance their capacity to serve more refugees with comprehensive, quality services that are well-managed and well-resourced.
For more information: CLICK HERE

10.26.09
Boise State Partners With Mountain States Group on Refugee Issues
Press Release from Boise State

09.22.09
Global Gardens First Vendor to Accept Food Stamps at Capital City Market
News Report from Channel 7 KTVB