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CGA has helped community gardeners in Iran, Israel,
Silicon Valley in California, Ethiopia, Haiti and elsewhere.
OUR FOUNDATION HAS ROOTS IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING :
Over three decades of developing organic/sustainable
gardening curricula for schools.
Work to include the term AGROECOLOGY in Merriam-Webster's dictionary.
The annual California Science Teachers Association Conference's efforts to promote a GARDEN-IN-EVERY-SCHOOL.
The 30 year history of the University of California's science of Agroecology.
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Work during the eighties with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers
to promote California's Silicon Valley's agricultural heritage.
Legendary Folk Singer Pete Seeger's message
to us said promoting and nurturing community gardens is one of the most important things that we humans can do !
Inspiration from Alan Chadwick in Saratoga, California. Chadwick's work pioneered the University
of California's science of sustainable agriculture also called agroecology .
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