Ulster County Plant A Row Partners

Cornell Cooperative Extension system enables people to improve their lives and communities through partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work. This is an equal opportunity program. If you believe you have been discriminated against because of race, color, national origin, age, sex, handicap, political beliefs or religion, write immediately to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.

Help Us Feed the Hungry

Master Gardeners are volunteers trained in the art & science of gardening who provide the public with gardening programs and activities that draw on the horticulture research and expertise of Cornell University. Other Master Gardener Programs: • HORTICULTURE HOTLINE gardening and home lawn

& landscape questions answered, call 845-340-3478 (DIRT)

• Soil Analysis, Insect & Plant Disease Identification • Workshops, bus trips, annual Spring Seedling Sale,

annual Garden Day, annual Plant Swap & Sale • Xeriscape Demonstration & Teaching Garden at SUNY

Ulster • Biannual Master Gardener Volunteer Training—next

course begins in Fall 2007. For an application, please call our office.

Dona Crawford, Master Gardener Program Coordinator Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County 10 Westbrook Lane Kingston, NY 12401 Phone: 845-340-3990 E-mail: dm282@cornell.edu

Plant a Row for the Hungry

http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/ulster

A people-helping-people program assisting the hungry in

Ulster County

10 Westbrook Ln. Kingston, NY 12401 

t. 845‐340‐3990 f. 845‐340‐3993 

Monday‐Friday     8:30 am—5:00 pm  

Master Gardener Program

Building Strong and Vibrant New York Communities 

Plant A Row Registration Sign me up!

I’m ready to help feed the hungry in Ulster County. Please send me a packet of Information.

Name Address City State Zip Daytime Phone E-mail Address I am not able to grow a little extra but want to help PAR be a success. Please accept this donation. All gifts are tax deductible and greatly appreciated. Please make check payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County $ Amount Enclosed Return to: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Plant a Row Program 10 Westbrook Lane Kingston, NY 12401 Phone: 845-340-3990 Fax: 845-340-3993

What You Get For Joining: • A free soil test before planting your garden. • A packet of information with

suggestions of what to grow and how to plant

• “Plant a Row” veggie markers for your garden

• The knowledge that you helped the hungry in Ulster County

THE HUNGER Action Network of New York State estimated in 2003 that 8.3% of Ulster County’s population experienced food insecurity. This means that approximately 13,781 of our friends, neighbors and children had worry, fear, and anxiety about, or the actual inability to put an adequate amount of food on their tables. Please play a part—Join our Plant a Row Campaign! How To Join: Complete and return the attached registration form to our Master Gardener Program.

Questions? Call 845 - 340 - 3478

What is Plant a Row for the Hungry (PAR)? With the start of the growing and planting season we’re looking for gardeners like you to help feed the hungry in Ulster County by planting an extra row in your garden this

summer and signing up to take the excess produce to our office. If you don’t have room to plant an extra row – sign up to donate the excess

produce nearly all gardens produce. Our nutrition program educators, who work with low-income children, families, and seniors in hands-on programs, will use and distribute the food when working with participants. Donated produce will also be given to food pantries in Kingston and New Paltz. Plant a Row for the Hungry began in 1995, as a public service campaign by the Garden Writers Association to encourage gardeners to grow a little extra and donate the produce to local soup kitchens and food banks that serve the homeless and hungry.

Gardeners Can Make A Difference

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County provides equal program and employment                     

opportunities