Sow It Forward - Food Garden Grants - Deadline 11 January 2013

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The application deadline for the Sow It Forward garden grants program has passed. Please subscribe to our mailing list in order to stay informed about future grant opportunities. 

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Sow It Forward is the grants and partnership program of Kitchen Gardeners International. The grant is for nonprofit causes (schools, churches, food pantries, community gardens, senior programs, etc.) interested in starting or expanding food garden projects that are of general benefit to their community.

Although our first round of grants will be awarded to US-based groups, we welcome applications from outside the US as we may be able to support them through other means.  

The $600 grant consists of:

• a $300 cash grant paid in two installments
• a $200 giftcard to Gardeners Supply Co
• a $55 vegetable seed (non-GMO, non-hybrid) package from the Ark Institute
• a $25 one-year subscription to KGI's online garden planner courtesy of GrowVeg.com
• a $20 value garden book via Storey Publishing.

In some cases, partial grants may be offered. If you have any questions or problems, you can email Roger Doiron here: roger@kgi.org

Instructions:

1. Please register and sign into the KGI website via the links in the upper right corner of this page.
2. Return to this page (located under the grants tab) and the application questions will magically appear below.  
3. Answer all the questions. If you would like to prepare some of your answers offline (which we recommend) and paste them into the form below, you can access a text version of the main questions here. 
4. Prepare a project photo for uploading from your computer. Our preference is for a large photo with a horizontal orientation (at least 1000 pixels wide, see examples here, here, and here) showing people in action, ideally in a garden or future garden setting. For gardens that haven't been dug, you can upload a picture or drawing of the future garden site. 2MB maximum.
5. Submit your application by midnight Eastern time Friday, 11 January 2013. Grant decisions will be communicated on February 1st with grant packs (checks, seeds, gift certificates, books, etc.) mailed shortly thereafter.