Growing for Good: Resources

Helpful Organizations

NOFA/Mass is a community including farmers, gardeners, landscapers and consumers working to educate members and the general public about the benefits of local organic systems based on complete cycles, natural materials, and minimal waste for the health of individual beings, communities and the living planet. www.nofamass.org
Gaining Ground grows organic vegetables and fruit with the help of hundreds of community volunteers and donates all of this fresh food to area meal programs and food pantries. Based in historic Concord, Massachusetts, Gaining Ground raises and distributes approximately 20,000 pounds of produce each growing season. www.gainingground.org
ConcordConserves.org's mission is to reduce our impact on the environment through education, communication and online tools such as our own community carbon calculator, local food resources, town conservation programs, Ask Henry and the latest news and events.www.concordconserves.org
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics. www.organicconsumers.org

Growing Power is a nonprofit in Milwaukee which involves its diverse community in growing food sustainably in an urban environment. Using red wriggler worms, Growing Power composts more than 100,000 pounds of waste per week. That’s over six million pounds of waste not going into Wisconsin’s and Illinois’ landfills annually.
Brick Ends Farm in Hamilton, MA creates compost from local restaurant and grocery store waste, yard waste and some horse manure and bedding. Check out this article and video describing their process. Growing for Good often uses this compost in our gardens.