Statement of Intent

The Treasure Valley Community Garden Cooperative is a network of community gardens and community members committed to growing nutrient-dense delicious food, beautiful spaces, and a more resilient, vibrant, and connected community.

Like the Cooperative Gardens Commission, our primary purpose is to cultivate food—as much as possible, in the spirit of the Victory Gardens in the 1940s. In doing so we are creating a sustainable sense of security, while cultivating community across traditional divides. Working alongside our local community, using regenerative sustainable agriculture practices, working wisely with the resources we have, pooling energy to make what we have go farther! 

We respect cultural and traditional forms of agriculture and seek to learn about the history of various practices wherever possible. While doing so, we work to empower, encourage, and equip those in our community who are already working and leverage our networks and resources as available.

Vision

Through sharing resources, and know-how within our growing local community gardens, we are working to address food insecurity that pre-dates the coronavirus, while acknowledging deep divides that the virus laid bare. We understand that we are able to co-create a sustainable healthy vibrant community through mutual respect. Sometimes this can feel discordant. In the process of finding community harmony, we embrace our unique contributions with curiosity, listen, learn, support, and are consistently guided by the drumbeat of the seasons.

Who We Are

A growing group of people who are passionate about cultivating food, gardens and community connections. 

What we do 

  • Connect Community Gardens with seasonally complementary meetings to share resources and knowledge as well as stories and each other’s company.

  • Share information about existing Community Gardens with a Google map, and share resources and learning opportunities.

  • We can serve as a point of contact for individuals or groups interested in joining or starting a community garden. But we can also work with other resource groups in the valley to further our collective goals.

  • Actively support the creation of new Community Gardens, with priority for under-served communities and underused spaces. Working to preserve land that’s possible to cultivate food on.