Growing Gardens One Tomato (TM) at a Time
ISSN 2158-9429
Volume 12, Issue 1 - June 2019
Editor: Bindu Poudel-Ward
Abstract
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff and Piscataquis County Extension Executive Committee have a goal of increasing the number of households that grow food gardens, consume food produced in their garden and recognize the UMaine Extension as a source of garden information. To achieve this goal Piscataquis County Extension adopted the One TomatoTM project. From 2014 to 2018 staff and volunteers distributed 1,794 tomato seedlings estimated to have yielded over $14,700 worth of cherry tomatoes were grown and consumed by participants. (TM)
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19% of those receiving the tomato seedling had never gardened before and for 25% of the participants, this was their first contact with UMaine Extension. In addition to meeting the initial goals by having people start a garden and consume home grown produce, this project has encouraged volunteers to become more involved in distribution of the seedlings and review of the project impacts.
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