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University of Maine Cooperative Extension manual on starting a community garden: This is a good, comprehensive guide to help you through the initial stages of building your community garden.
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association: Great resources for Mainers, including a directory of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) locations.
American Community Gardening Association: This national organization provides resources on ways to create and improve your community garden along with holding events, releasing publications, and working to help community gardens achieve the most they can.
Maine Food Strategy: An organization dedicated to strengthening Maine’s food system. They provide a host of useful resources.
Cultivating Community: A Portland-area organization that is committed to strengthening communities by growing food, preparing youth leaders and new farmers, and promoting social and environmental justice.
Community Garden locator: Useful tool for find existing community gardens near you
If you have additional resources to add to this page, please contact us at nrcm@nrcm.org.
