Community Supporting Agriculture at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield

Posted May 21, 2010 by Doris Boardman, Web Technology Manager

Denver Botanic Gardens and Kaiser Permanente have created a first-of-its-kind community supporting agriculture (CSA) program. The community farm will provide fresh local produce to Colorado families.

Made possible through a three-year, $500,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente, the CSA will operate as a community farm at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield—located at C-470 and Wadsworth Blvd. in Littleton. Shares of the CSA are sold to members of the public who then receive portions of the garden’s fresh produce during the harvest season, from June through October.

This new venture marks an important milestone: The Gardens is the first botanical garden in the country to operate a CSA program of this scale.
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