Community Gardens : Providing Fresh Organic Produce
The Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) community gardens expand upon WIC's mission to provide nutritious foods and education to income-qualifying women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, and children 5 years and under. Currently, we partner with three community gardens in Adams County. The gardens provide access to fresh organic produce, engage families in physical activity and serve as an educational ground for home gardening, and nutrition education. Produce harvested from the garden is given directly to WIC families that participate in the work day. Any produce that remains at the end of the work day is brought back to area WIC clinics and/or donated to a local food pantry.
WIC Gardens are in the News
Our joint project community garden with School District 27J was highlighted in the Brighton Standard Blade community newsletter: How does your community garden grow
The Stonehocker Garden is one of 20 community gardens that are part of the Adams County co-op and is highlighted in this Denver Post article: Stonehocker Garden helps fill the gaps in food security
