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Sow It Forward: Emerging Funding Source for Food Garden Projects on Track to Double its Giving in 2014

The Maine nonprofit Kitchen Gardeners International (KGI) is pleased to announce that it is once again accepting applications for its Sow It Forward garden grants program. Sow it Forward offers $300-$500 grants of cash, seeds, supplies, educational materials and online garden planning software to groups wishing to start a new food garden project or sustain an existing one. Last year's grantees included schools, food banks, community gardens, libraries, colleges, senior groups, tribal organizations, prisons and other nonprofit causes interested in the health and sustainability of their local communities. 

The program is expanding this year and will be offering twice as many grants as last year. All applicant groups will be given web pages for their projects which they can use for their own communication purposes. Applications are due by 5 January 2014 and must be submitted via KGI's online application form located here: SowItForward.org. Although there is no paper version of the application, there is a prep form that can be downloaded and printed (Word, PDF) to familiarize applicants with the questions and application procedure. There are no geographic restrictions as to which groups can apply. 

About KGI:  

Kitchen Gardeners International is a 501c3 nonprofit founded in Scarborough in 2003. Its membership includes over 32,000 people from 120 countries who are growing their own food and helping others to do the same. It is best known for having led the successful online campaign urging the Obamas to replant a kitchen garden at The White House. 

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