[OPLINLIST] Growing Community: The Library Food Garden - A Special LSTA Grant Opportunity

[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

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Growing Community: The Library Food Garden

A Special LSTA Grant Opportunity

 

The State Library of Ohio developed Growing Community: the Library Food
Garden in recognition of the 2010 National Library Week theme,
"Communities Thrive @ Your Library", and the water theme of the 2010
Summer Reading Program.  Growing Community encourages libraries to
partner with other community entities to establish food gardens on
library or school property, or other public land, during the 2010
growing season.

 

Gardens designed to produce vegetables, fruit, nuts, and/or herbs
provide a living lesson in the origins of our food.  They promote
appreciation for the agricultural heritage of Ohio.  They give
communities the opportunity to thrive by literally feeding community
members.

 

Through direct involvement in the work of the garden, and through
educational programming and books and other media, food gardens engage
residents of all ages and of different abilities in learning about plant
life, gardening practices, life cycles, ecology, nutrition, hunger, and
more.

 

 

Soon to come, the State Library will make available Library Services and
Technology Act (LSTA) funds to libraries to establish a Growing
Community garden.  

 

This grant program will be open to all types of libraries.  A simple
application will be released in January 2010 with proposals due at the
State Library on March 1, 2010.  Recommended projects will be taken to
the State Library Board for funding in April 2010 with funded projects
being implemented between May and September 2010.  

 

Preliminary information:  

*	Libraries may request up to $7,750 in LSTA funds with a cash
match of 25% of the total project amount. 
*	To be considered for funding, projects must include
establishment of a food garden, a plan to ensure upkeep of the garden
for at least 3 years, a plan for distribution of produce, and
development of partnerships and educational activities. 
*	Funds may be used to purchase seeds and plants, gardening tools
and supplies, copies of materials and titles on gardening in various
formats, marketing and promotion of the program, and speaker fees and
other costs associated with program activities. 

 

Watch for further information and grant application details shortly.
Questions may be addressed to Janet Ingraham Dwyer, 
jdwyer at sloma.state.oh.us or Missy Lodge, mlodge at sloma.state.oh.us  

 

 

 

 

Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications Director

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Tel: 614-644-6875

Fax: 614-466-3584

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