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SUMMARY:Spring Gardening Webinar Series: Helping Food Security from Your Backyard
DESCRIPTION:Home gardeners can play a meaningful role in strengthening local food security. This webinar will provide a brief overview of our Harvest for Hunger efforts and walk through the key steps\, from choosing what to grow and planting\, to harvesting\, distribution\, and reporting your donation at the end of the season. You’ll also hear from dedicated volunteers who grow extra food in their own gardens and donate it to food pantries and hunger relief programs. They will share practical tips for working with donation sites\, along with personal insights from their experiences. Whether you’re new to gardening or looking to maximize your garden’s impact\, this webinar will offer actionable guidance to help strengthen food security right from your backyard.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker info: \nKate Garland\, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension Horticulture Professional since 2010\, dedicates her efforts to enhancing gardening efficiency and skills. Through workshops\, newsletters\, and personalized guidance\, she empowers home\, school\, and community growers. Kate also supports Master Gardener Volunteers and Maine Harvest for Hunger Volunteers\, who are civic-minded individuals educating and serving the community through horticultural initiatives\, as well as addressing food insecurity through efficient growing\, gleaning\, and distribution efforts throughout the state. \nJane Traill is a Master Gardener Volunteer in Oxford County. \nRegistration is required with a sliding scale program fee for each webinar. Participants will receive the Zoom information after registering for a webinar. Check your email and let us know if you don’t receive it within 24 hours. Register for the Gardening Webinar Series: Helping Food Security from your Backyard here! \nAll sessions will be recorded unless otherwise noted\, and shared with participants in about a week following the event. If you are unable to attend the live session\, but would like to receive the recording and a resource list\, please register and be sure to include your email address. \nFor more information or to request a reasonable accommodation\, contact extension.gardening@maine.edu.
URL:https://extension.umaine.edu/washington/event/spring-gardening-webinar-series-helping-food-security-from-your-backyard/
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