The Dirt on Urban Agriculture in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Written by Shannon Wehinger on January 4, 2018. Posted in Conservation District Project Spotlight

From nacdnet.org

By Jessica Buck, Montgomery County Conservation District Agricultural Conservation Specialist

Montgomery County Conservation District (MCCD) recently launched their first outreach and technical assistance program to farms and gardens in urban communities through NACD’s 2017 Urban Agriculture Conservation grant program.

This opportunity helped to establish long-lasting partnerships among community organizations and yielded meaningful outcomes to help two target locations of this project: Norristown and Pottstown.

A highlight of this project was the distribution of composting bins and rain barrels to urban gardens, including several school gardens. These two conservation measures also served as educational tools to teach the garden users about soil and water conservation and stormwater management.

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