Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.55
Liaison Aaron Klemm
Submission Date Sept. 15, 2011
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STARS v1.0

San Jose State University
Tier2-2: Organic Garden

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Katherine Cushing
Director of Sustainability
Office of the President
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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

A brief description of the garden:

Multiple gardens on the SJSU campus meet the STARS requirements. The two most important campus gardens are the Sustainable Agriculture Garden run by the Environmental Studies Department and the Native Botany Garden, run by the Biology Department. Growing Roots of Wellness (G.R.O.W.) is a SJSU Campus garden collective connecting and empowering students, faculty, staff, and community members to reclaim and cultivate fresh, local, and healthy food by establishing expanding, and maintaining multiple urban garden plots.


The website URL where information about the garden is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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