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Chinook West student completes a hoop house in the TEENS, Inc garden
Local Food
Jim McVey

Building Gardens at TEENS, Inc

Partnerships In our ongoing effort to build local food systems, Victory Gardens develops partnerships with local businesses, schools, and other nonprofits. In 2020, we partnered

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High altitude
Jim McVey

Getting Started

How to start growing veggies at altitude Here in Nederland, if you’re growing outside, it is wise to grow vegetables and herbs that have no

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Infrastructure
Jim McVey

Infrastructure

How Does YOUR Garden Grow? There are a number of ways to grow food at your house, in container gardens, raised beds (hoop house optional),

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High altitude
Jim McVey

Growing at Elevation

Growing food at elevation provides its own set of challenges (short growing season, marginal soil, extreme weather, pests, etc.) But there are ways to overcome

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Local Food
Jim McVey

Why Local Food Systems?

There may be no better way to build a resilient, sustainable community than to develop its local food systems. But this may not be as

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