Thank you to all our volunteers, donors and sponors! The 4th Annual Community Garden Spring Resource Fair was a terrific event thanks to you!

We have received wonderful comments about people's experience at the Fair and this is in no small part, due to each contribution! This event would not have been possible without you.

The Fair exceeded all expectations! 500 people attended the Resource Fair, with folks connecting with one another and absorbing the message of community gardening and urban agriculture was loud and clear, and the workshops were all well attended.

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Results of the Dot Survey!

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Dot Survey Results

Q: Current Involvement in Community Gardening About 40% were community gardeners, and another 25% were interested in starting or joining a garden, and the rest came to learn more.  This was our largest event ever, in no small part due to our keynote speaker, Will Allen from Growing Power in Milwaukee, WI.

Q: How did you learn about the Resource Fair? 80% of the people there had learned of the Fair from email, listservs and friends...in other words...networking. 

Q: From where did you come today? 25% of the people came from the suburbs, greater Minnesota or further. That's wonderful!  And we are flattered and honored!   

Volunteers
Betsy Allister
Caroline Cecil
Nick Charles and fellow UMN students
Becky Comeau
Janet Court
Blair Crockett
Renee Crowley
Mollie Dean
Kim DeLanghe
Hailu Gissa
David Hesse
Rebekah Holmes
Nancy Kafka
Robert Kaufer
Laura Kling
Katie Koecher
Elise Kyllo
Sarah Lesnar
Audrey MatsonLies
LLEN Mayo
Mighty Midway 4H group
Emmett Mulcare
Miriam Nelson
Dan Reddan
Aaron Reser
Maya Sheikh Salah
Nick Schneider
Connie Shannon
Robert Skafte
Claudia Slovacek
Amanda Stoelb
Sherry & Anna Taplin
Mala Vujnovich
Chuck Waibel
Corrie Zoll

Presenters
Louis Alemayehu
Will Allen
Lisa Coons
Mary Ann Davis
Angela Dawson
Maggie Felling
Steph Hankerson
Susan Janda
Seitu Jones
Kathy Kulstad
Laurel L'allier
Greg Lecker
Mem Lloyd
Susanne Maeder
Pete and Mary Meysembourg
Esther Moss
Joan Onffroy
Susan Oven
Roe Family Singers, Kim and Quillan
Ross Safford
Lisa Schnapp Belamares
Cathy Skalicky
Jennifer Tacheny
Jill Underdahl
Karen Wargo
Peat Willcutt
Michael Ziomko

Exhibitors/tablers
Community Design Center
Dowling Community Garden
* Charlie Bowler
* Susan Reed
* Peter Schmidt
Dream of Wild Health
Edible Twin Cities
Emergency Foodshelf Network
Farm Service Agency
Friends School
Growing Food and Justice Initiative
Urban Gardener Program, Hennepin County Master Gardeners
Land Stewardship Project
Metro Blooms
MN Food Association
MN Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Minneapolis Park & Recreation
MN State Horticultural Society
Seward Peace Garden
Slow Food MN
St Paul Park & Recreation
USDA-Biocontrol Greenhouse, the Bug Guy
USDA-SARE
Women's Environmental Institute
Youth Farm and Market

Food and Raffle Donors
Bread Smith
Capitol Region Watershed District
Classic Provisions
Common Roots Café
Co-op Partners
MN Dept of Natural Resources
Edible Twin Cities
Eureka! Recycling
Franklin Bakery
French Meadow
Melvin Giles, World Citizen, Inc.
Mark Granlund
Grow with LEDs
Hamline Midway Environment Group
It's Greek to Me
JR Johnson Supply
Mill City Market
Neighborhood Energy Connection
New French Bakery
Nicollet Ace Hardware
Organic Valley
Parkway Hardware
Peace Coffee
Pizza Luce
ReUse Center
SE Como Improvement Association
TeaSource Tea
Lucia Watson
Wedge Community Co-op
Whole Foods
Youth Farm and Market

Sponsors

AfroEco Group

Alliance for Sustainability

Common Roots Café

Community Design Center

Crossroads Resource Center

Farm in the City

Farm Service Agency, USDA

Land Stewardship Project

Macalester Urban Land and Community Health (MULCH)

Minnesota State Horticultural Society

Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, USDA

Women’s Environmental Institute