About Us
GardenShare is a nonprofit organization seeking to end hunger and strengthen food security in northern New York State, a region called the North Country.
GardenShare works to build a North Country where all of us have enough to eat and enough to share—where our food choices are healthy for us, for our communities, and for the environment.
Toward that end, GardenShare focuses on the following areas:
- Local Food. GardenShare promotes the benefits of eating locally grown food and of revitalizing a community-based, sustainable food system.
- Harvest Sharing. Each spring GardenShare recruits North Country gardeners to share their garden harvests with local food pantries.
- Farm-to-School. GardenShare helped establish a farm-to-school project that enables North Country schools and colleges to serve locally grown food in their cafeterias.
- Food Security. Each year GardenShare presents its Growing Community Award to recognize local efforts to build community food security in the North Country.
- Kitchen Gardening. GardenShare empowers people to grow their own food in home gardens and community gardens.
- Public Policy. GardenShare supports legislation and public policies that address the root causes of hunger.
GardenShare Inc. Board of Directors
The activities of GardenShare are overseen by a board of directors that includes local gardeners, educators, parents, and others active in working to end hunger and build community food security:
President: Heather Sullivan-Catlin (Potsdam)
Vice President: Robin Rhodes-Crowell (Canton)
Secretary: Roz Cook (Watertown)
Treasurer: Paula Schechter (Hannawa Falls)
Martha Pickard (Saranac Lake)
Jenny Walker (Potsdam)
GardenShare Staff
Director: Phil Harnden
Program Coordinator: Katherine Lang