Community Garden - Wingate University

Community Garden - Wingate University Community Garden The Wingate Community & Adopt-a-Bed Program The Wingate Community Garden serves as a shared area where students, faculty, staff, and community members can come together to cultivate and harvest food. How do I adopt a bed? Our Adopt-A-Bed Program offers both campus community members the opportunity to "adopt" raised beds. Participants receive necessary supplies and guidance through partnerships with NC Cooperative Extension and Master Gardeners in training. Adopt a Bed Sponsorships Thank you to our sponsors and supporters, without whom the Community Garden wouldn't exist: Town of Wingate NC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners American Heart Association Carolina Farm Credit NC Resourceful Communities WU Alumni Several non-profits and local churches! Agricultural Immersion Experience Offers elementary school students the opportunity to experience many different aspects of agriculture and food systems including nutrition, careers, health, food waste, green energy, food science, farming, water systems. Partners: NC State Cooperative Extension; Natural Resource Conservation Services; DabHar farms; Chartwells; ALIEN; Biology Club; Wingate Biology Department; School of Pharmacy; Wingate Athletics; East Union Middle School; Heart for Monroe; Food Council of Union County AmeriCorp VISTA Service Since 2019 we have been awarded a year-long AmeriCorp VISTA that focuses on food insecurity and hunger. Our first HungerCorp VISTA was Sarah Busby, followed by Hannah Fraser and then Neely Griggs. Food for Thought: Understanding Food Security on Wingate's Campus VISTA Service 2021-2022 VISTA Capstone Questions? Collabs@Wingate ccg@wingate.edu