Everyone’s Harvest values the art of organic farming and gardening. More people organically farming and gardening meanings more fresh organic fruits and vegetables for more people.
In 2009, Everyone’s Harvest decided to support organic gardening and raised support from the local community through the MC Gives! program. In 2010, Everyone’s Harvest ran Garden Organic Events free to the public at Everyone’s Harvest Certified Farmers’ Markets.
The events included:
- Workshops on organic gardening from gardeners and farmers
- Inform questions and answer sessions with gardeners and farmers
- A table full of garden resources and easy recipes to cook produce grow in Monterey County
- Garden supplies given away including soil, worm bins and organic seeds
Everyone’s Harvest support for gardening grow to supporting local community gardens through a partnership with the Salinas-Marina Community Food Project under the direction of the Service Learning Institute of California State Monterey Bay (CSUMB). In 2010, the project received $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Community Food Projects Program to increase the consumption of fresh organic produce, provide a supportive work environment nurturing entrepreneurial enterprise, and create free public green space in Salinas and Marina.
The Salinas-Marina Community Food Project evolved out of the Chinatown Community Garden in Salinas developed in 2006 by and for the local marginalized neighborhood of Salinas Chinatown also under the direction of the Service Learning Institute of CSUMB.
The Salinas-Marina Community Food Project is a collaborative effort between Goodwill Industries of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo Counties – Shoreline Workforce Development Services program, Sun Street’s – Pueblo Del Mar program with the Housing Authority of Monterey County and Everyone’s Harvest.
Everyone’s Harvest role in the project is providing transportation support to the Salinas-Marina Community Food Project gardens. Everyone’s Harvest box truck and staff move equipment and supplies to the gardens. When the gardens are ready, Everyone’s Harvest will assist with moving vermicomposting, plants and produce from the gardens to their point-of-sale.
To learn more about the Salinas-Marina Community Food Project visit: