Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 64.02
Liaison Dayna Cook
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
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Northern Arizona University
Tier2-2: Organic Garden

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Bryan McLaren
NAU Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have an on-campus garden where students are able to gain organic farming and/or gardening experience?:
Yes

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A brief description of the garden:
The Students for Sustainable Living and Urban Gardening (SSLUG) have a garden on South Campus between the SBS and SBS West buildings where they grow a variety of vegetables. This is also where they use the compost they create from pre-consumer vegetable waste collected from the South Dining Hall. Funding from the NAU Green Fund has been used to hire a Campus Organic Gardener (COG). The COG works up to 20 hours a week to support the SsLUG organization and the expanction of on-campus, organic gardens that will be accesible to students.

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The website URL where information about the garden is available:
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