Kingston Land Trust
The Kingston Land Trust is a 501c3 non-profit organization committed to the protection and preservation of open space, historic sites, wetlands, scenic areas, and forests in the City of Kingston and the surrounding region to include the Town of Ulster and the Town of Kingston.
South Pine Street City Farm is a collaboration between non-profit organizations, small businesses and a farmer who wants to see her new hometown bloom. With the generous donation of land use from Binnewater Ice, Co., a 1/4 acre urban farm will provide the citizens of Kingston with fresh, extremely local produce and will also serve as a learning and training ground for participants in Share Our Strength’s †Cooking Matters†program hosted by The Queen’s Galley in the Hudson valley, which teaches nutrition and cooking basics to families, as well as chefs and staff for an upcoming mission-based restaurant in Kingston.
To find out how you can help in other ways, please contact Jesica Clark: southpinestfarm@gmail.com
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The Kingston City Gardens project was created by Rebecca Martin and was born out of her Victory Gardens Project with KingstonCitizens.org. In its current form, the project involves students, volunteers, master gardeners and educators.
Visit the Kingston City Gardens GOOGLE MAP to locate a garden project near you.
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The Dig Kids
“The Dig Kids: An Urban Farming Program†for Youth will launch this year in the city of Kingston.
Created by the Kingston Land Trust with a grant from the Columbia Foundation, ‘The Dig Kids†is charged in working with Kingston youth to grow food, learn farming practices, encourage entrepreneurship, beautification, pride and good health through hands on farming experiences. Throughout the five month program (May-September) “The Dig Kids†three youth will be paid a stipend to work 10 hours a month after school at their garden site at the Everett Hodge Center on Franklin Street in Kingston. Youth must be 14 – 19 to participate, although each selected ‘Dig Kid’ will enlist tow youth each 13 or younger to ‘mentor’ throughout program. In addition to growing vegetables and tending the gardens, “The Dig Kids†will learn culinary skills, visit farms and sell some of their crops to the community under the stewardship of Farmer Clark who also tends the South Pine Street City Farm in the city of Kingston.
For more information, contact Executive Director Rebecca Martin at rebecca@kingstonlandtrust.org or call 845/877-LAND (5263).
