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School of Health and Consumer Sciences College of Education and Human Sciences
Growing Together South Dakota
2023 Project Description and Overview
Prairey Walkling, SDSU Extension Family and Community Health Field Specialist February 2023
About Growing Together South Dakota community garden team must have a fiscal
Growing Together South Dakota is an exciting mini- sponsor that will make purchases for them. This
grant opportunity for South Dakota communities. fiscal sponsor will submit a W9, keep receipts,
This project is a partnership between the SDSU send receipts in to SDSU Extension, and will
Extension SNAP-Ed program and SDSU Extension be reimbursed. Examples of fiscal sponsors:
Master Gardener program. The goal of the project Master Gardener Club, 4-H Club, school, youth
is to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables organization, social service organization, church or
for families experiencing food insecurity in South other.
Dakota. These gardens will teach food gardening
Community garden teams must:
and promote the physical activity benefits of
• Establish a partnership with the produce
gardening. Nutrition education will accompany
donation site
produce that is donated to local food banks and/or
• Plant and manage the garden
organizations that serve SNAP-eligible participants.
• Facilitate produce donations
Mini-grants are being offered in amounts up to
• Track reporting metrics and complete final
$500 to start, reinvigorate or maintain a community
report at the end of grant year
garden.
• Install food safety signage at the garden that
Eligible Applicants: will be provided by SDSU Extension
Community garden boards/teams in South • Provide required nutrition education to low-
Dakota are welcome to apply. Teams must include income audience. Must choose at least one of
at least one certified, active SDSU Extension the following:
Master Gardener (defined as a Master Gardener 1. Install signage with nutritional messages
of any level having participated in and tracked promoting fruits/vegetables and healthy
volunteer activity during the current calendar eating
year, new Master Gardener trainees pursuing 2. Provide taste tests at the donation site
certification hours, and Master Gardeners seeking 3. Provide Pick it! Try it! Like it! Preserve it!
recertification hours). handouts and recipes at the donation site
• Participate with one site visit
Funding cannot go to one individual. The • Participate in 3/5 monthly virtual meetings
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Diverse Community Garden Teams are Summer 2023: Complete a site visit with SDSU
encouraged. Supporting members can include: Extension staff
• Local food system partner
September 30, 2023: Funds must be spent by
• Food pantry or free meal program participant(s)
this date and sent for reimbursement
• Local farmers or gardeners
• Area Agency on Aging or congregate meal September 30, 2023: Final report due
sites
• Youth program (for example 4-H, summer youth Grant Activities
programming, school garden group) The purpose of this funding is to engage Master
• Organization that serves minority or under- Gardeners and other community groups in
served populations community garden projects that teach food
• SDSU Extension staff gardening, increase consumption of healthy, fresh
• Health-related community partners foods and promote the physical activity benefits of
• Parks and Recreation Departments gardening to low-income individuals.
Priority will be given to applications that: Grantees will start, reinvigorate or maintain a
• Are requesting funds for garden space community garden which provides fresh produce
on public property; projects must be fully to a food pantry, food bank, backpack program, or
accessible to the public for the purposes of this free meal service, as well as coordinate with the
project. SNAP-Ed program to provide nutrition education
• Have a proven capacity to serve a large in the form of fact sheets and/or recipes. Cooking
number of SNAP recipients/SNAP-eligible demonstrations and samplings at donation food
individuals in their community. sites can be done in collaboration with SNAP-Ed.
• Demonstrate community member involvement Program Beneficiaries
in project. All funded projects must demonstrate that the end
• Serve communities with high poverty rates and/ beneficiaries of the projects will be low-income
or food deserts. individuals or families, per the requirements of
• Demonstrate capacity for long-term federal funding. Low-income is defined as “SNAP
sustainability. participants and individuals eligible to receive
Timeline SNAP benefits or other means-tested Federal
February 2023: Application opens on SDSU assistance programs, such as Women Infants and
Extension website. Children (WIC) or Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF), as well as individuals residing
Application Form: extension.sdstate.edu/growing- in communities with a significant low-income
together-south-dakota population”. Individual and families that visit food
banks or other emergency food sites would also
March 1, 2023: First consideration date
be eligible beneficiaries. The project description
April 1, 2023: Notification of award by email provided in the application must communicate how
the work will benefit these individuals.
June 15, 2023: Applications will not be considered
after this date.
May, June, July, August, September 2023:
Monthly virtual calls led by SDSU Extension staff,
must attend at least 3 calls, dates TBD with input
from community partners
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Fiscal Processes and Budget FAQ 5. What are allowable expenses?
1. When do funds have to be spent?
Allowable Not Allowable
GTSD funds must be spent by September 30th, • Seeds, plants, • Purchase or rental of
2023. Any misuse of funds or any funds spent seedlings (fruit, land
vegetables and • Chemical pesticides
above the approved budget amount will need herbs) (insecticides,
to be covered by another funding source. • Seed starter materials herbicides,
• Small gardening tools fungicides)
2. Why do we need to be detailed in our and supplies • Rental or purchase of
justification? • Harvest supplies (i.e. tractors or tillers
colander, harvest • Fencing materials
As the committee reviews your budget, they bins, gloves, clippers, • Childcare or
need to be able to see who will be using the etc.) transportation
items, why they will be using the items, and • Food safety supplies services
(other supplies • Flower seeds or
how the items pertain to the goals of the needed to carry out flower starts
project. Since this is a grant funded project, safe food growing,
handling, and • Infrastructure (i.e. tool
we need to demonstrate to our federal funders shed, greenhouse)
distribution best
that the funding is being used in an appropriate practices such as a • Decorative garden
manner that is within the scope of SNAP-Ed. handwashing station) elements (like flags)
• Potting soil • Water utilization
Example: Cabbage plants x 4 @ $3.99 each • Approved, evidence- charges
from Runnings based nutrition • Salary or benefits for
education supplies volunteers
3. What about taxes? and/or curricula • Promotion of
• Produce scale messages
If the applying organization is tax exempt, you • Fertilizer inconsistent with the
can use that exemption. Otherwise, you will Dietary Guidelines for
• Trellis America
need to pay tax and you will be reimbursed • Lumber and hardware • Any single item
accordingly. for raised garden costing more than
beds (*In justification, $500
4. How do I make purchases? include reason
that raised bed is
needed.)
Make purchases and keep receipts. Turn in
• Soil testing
all receipts when purchases are complete.
• Food and materials
The fiscal sponsor will be reimbursed for all for an education
approved purchases. Further information will be event for the target
given upon notification of award. audience (sampling)
If you have a question about budget amendments
or whether an expense is allowable, email
sdsu.sdmg@sdstate.edu.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. What is SNAP-Ed? 5. What would be expected of the Master
Gardener team member throughout this
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
project?
Education (SNAP-Ed) is a federally funded
grant program. It is an evidence-based The Master Gardener team member is not
program that helps people lead healthy, required to live in the community where the
active lives by partnering with state and local garden is located but is required to offer
organizations. SNAP-Ed funds projects in all consultation and be in regular contact with
US States and Territories. SNAP-Ed is providing the local garden team to offer evidence-based
funding for this project. resources. Hours devoted to this project may
be counted as Master Gardener volunteer
2. What defines an “Active Master Gardener
hours and can be reported as such.
Volunteer?”
6. What is expected of the Community Garden
Eligible active Master Gardeners include:
teams throughout this project?
○ Certified Active Master Gardeners (Master ○ Provide required nutrition education at the
Gardener of any level having participated garden site, donation site, or both (specifics
in and tracked volunteer activity during the in #7),including installation of food safety
current calendar year) signage provided by SDSU Extension
○ New Master Gardener trainees pursuing (applicant responsible for installation)
certification hours ○ Establish a partnership with the produce
○ Master Gardeners seeking recertification site
hours ○ Plant and manage the donation garden
○ Facilitate produce donations
3. I am a Master Gardener, but we don’t currently ○ Track reporting metrics and complete final
have others in the community. Are we still report at end of grant year
eligible to apply for this grant? ○ Participate with one site visit
○ Participate in 3/5 monthly virtual meetings
Yes! It is preferred that multiple Master
Gardeners and a Club are involved, but this 7. What types of education do I need to provide
is not always possible. As long as one Master for this project?
Gardener is involved, a team is eligible. Other
individuals that wish to volunteer with your Research-based nutrition education is required.
project do not have to be Master Gardeners. Education must target a low-income audience.
Must include one of the following:
4. If I’m not already a Master Gardener, where can
I go to find more information about becoming ○ Install signage with nutritional messages
one? promoting fruits/vegetables and healthy
eating (signage must be approved by
Please visit the SDSU Extension Master SDSU Extension, signage that promotes
Gardener page. a variety of individual produce items is
available to download from extension.
sdstate.edu, applicant responsible for
installation)
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○ Provide taste tests at the donation site (use Try these websites to find potential donation
approved recipes from SDSU Extension, sites.
include small plates and supplementary
○ 211 South Dakota (enter your zip code, use
ingredients in your budget)
the Food category and select options such
○ Provide Pick it, Try it, Like it! Preserve it!
as Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, Senior
(available to download from extension.
Meal Sites, or Summer Food Service Meal
sdstate.edu) hand-outs and recipes at the
Sites)
donation site (include printing costs in
○ Ample Harvest
budget if needed)
Optional:
○ Partner with SDSU Extension staff (if
available) to provide a series of nutrition
education lessons at the garden site or
donation site
Gardening education is not required but
encouraged. Again, education should target
a low-income audience, but these may be
advertised to the public.
10. Can produce be donated to more than one
Some gardening education examples include: place?
○ Organize planting days with groups such Yes! Produce may be donated to multiple
as children (4-H, Scouts, school groups) locations such as a pantry, senior center,
and teach participants how to read a seed summer food service program, shelter, etc.
packet, etc.
○ Offer garden tours with emphasis on plant Financial FAQ
identification, plant disease, pests or other 1. Can we use GTSD funds to purchase fruit
learning opportunities trees?
○ Offer a workshop on topics such as
composting, pruning tomatoes, etc. Fruit trees are not an allowable purchase, but
raspberries and strawberries are allowable.
8. Can one grant be used to fund multiple Gardens may use their own funds or donations
donation gardens in the same community? to purchase fruit trees if they so choose.
Yes, grant funds may be used to support 2. Can produce grown with GTSD funds be sold?
multiple donation gardens within the same
community. Applications that request funds No, produce grown with GTSD funds cannot
for multiple garden sites should provide a be sold, it must be used for donation purposes
detailed description of how much funding will only. It is allowable to create a donation jar for
be allocated to each site, and what that funding supporting the garden project that people may
will be used for at each site. donate to if they would like.
9. I would like to apply for this grant, and I know 3. What level of detail is needed when writing my
there is a need in my community, but I don’t proposed project budget?
know of any potential donation sites. How can I Including as much detail as possible will
find places to donate produce? make the purchasing process go quickly and
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smoothly. Please include the following items: 5. What is the procedure for purchases?
○ Each item you wish to purchase and the If SDSU Extension approves an organization’s
quantity application and budget, the applying
○ The exact cost for each item organization may make the purchases. Keep a
○ The vendor that you wish to purchase from copy of all receipts. Receipts will be submitted
(include link to item if possible) to SDSU Extension after all purchasing is
○ How the item will be used complete. SDSU Extension will review the
documentation provided and ensure that
Example: 2 x Garden Hoe @ $10.99 each from
all purchases are approved. Lastly, SDSU
Ace Hardware (www.exampleinternetlink.com)
Extension will issue reimbursement to the
4. What expenses may be included in the budget? organization.
Allowable Not Allowable
• Seeds, plants, • Purchase or rental of
seedlings (fruit, land
vegetables and • Chemical pesticides
herbs) (insecticides,
• Seed starter materials herbicides,
• Small gardening tools fungicides)
and supplies • Rental or purchase of
• Harvest supplies (i.e. tractors or tillers
colander, harvest • Fencing materials
bins, gloves, clippers, • Childcare or
etc.) transportation
• Food safety supplies services
(other supplies • Flower seeds or
needed to carry out flower starts
safe food growing,
handling, and • Infrastructure (i.e. tool
distribution best shed, greenhouse)
practices such as a • Decorative garden
handwashing station) elements (like flags)
• Potting soil • Water utilization
• Approved, evidence- charges
based nutrition • Salary or benefits for
education supplies volunteers
and/or curricula • Promotion of
• Produce scale messages
• Fertilizer inconsistent with the
Dietary Guidelines for
• Trellis America
• Lumber and hardware • Any single item
for raised garden costing more than
beds (*In justification, $500
include reason
that raised bed is
needed.)
• Soil testing
• Food and materials
for an education
event for the target
audience (sampling)
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What to Grow
Recommendation #1: Coordinate with the being donated, preparation information on how
garden’s recipient partners. to cook, with or use the produce, etc.?
Set up a meeting with the food pantry/organization • What other information might be helpful to the
that will receive the garden’s produce. Here recipient or agency partner?
are some suggested questions to guide the
Recommendation #2: Discuss available
conversation:
resources at the garden.
Fruit and Vegetable Preferences Factors at the garden, including environmental
• What fruits and vegetables would you like us to and human resources, should guide your crop
grow and donate? selection.
• What types of vegetables do community
What are your human resources?
members like to eat? What culturally
• Consider whether your planned growing system
appropriate fruits and vegetables are
is compatible with the physical capabilities
needed? Take into consideration who might
of garden volunteers. For example, consider
be accessing the food donation site and
whether raised beds or vertical gardening
what fresh fruits and vegetables they would
methods may be preferable to systems that
appreciate by talking with the donation site.
require extensive kneeling.
• Are there fruits and vegetables for which the
• Some fruits and vegetables require more
community or the agency already receives
frequent harvesting than others (such as
enough or too much?
green beans), especially during certain times
Logistics of produce drop-off, storage, and
of the season. Consider volunteer availability
distribution
throughout the growing season.
• How will produce be distributed?
• Enjoyment and learning opportunities can be
• When will produce be distributed?
important parts of sustaining a garden. Develop
• When would donations be convenient? When
an understanding of what the garden volunteers
can garden volunteers harvest and deliver?
like to grow but remember to prioritize the
How often, which days of the week, and what
people who are accessing the food and what
times of day? Before committing to a delivery
their food preferences are.
time, make sure to consider when garden
What are the environmental factors at the
volunteers will be available for harvesting,
garden?
packing, and delivering the produce.
• Consider climate, soil types, pest pressures,
• Is refrigeration available for more perishable
water availability and other factors.
produce?
• Explore sustainable practices, including crop
• If the agency has refrigeration, is enough space
rotations. Rotating crops helps enhance yields
available? If not, consider produce options that
and keep pest pressures at bay. Consult past
have longer shelf lives.
years’ records and maintain ongoing records
• Are there other logistics, guidelines, and
with crop rotation information.
procedures that the garden volunteers
should be aware of, for example, packaging Getting Started – Resources from SDSU
preferences, delivery sites, key contact person? Extension
• What information about the produce does the Vegetable Gardening in South Dakota: This booklet
recipient or agency partner need from the will help you with basic information and tips to get
gardeners, such as labeling of produce items started with vegetable gardening, written by Dr.
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Rhoda Burrows, Professor and SDSU Extension
Horticulture Specialist.
How to Grow It series: This series provides
information about fruits and vegetables commonly
grown in South Dakota, including a description,
how to plant, plant care, pests and diseases, how
to harvest, and storage and preparation.
Taking a Lawn and Garden Soil Sample: These
instructions will guide you in obtaining a good soil
sample.
Problems and Solutions: Throughout the growing
season, our team of experts brings you research-
based solutions and best management practices to
garden and yard challenges—free to South Dakota
home gardeners.
Garden Food Safety: Simple guidelines to help
keep your family and friends healthy and happy!
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Where to Donate
Developing strong partnerships with community food for delivery to pantries, and more. If you are
members and food recipient agencies is a key unsure where to donate in your community, begin
first step in donation gardening. When considering by reaching out to your network of community
where to donate, your community may offer a wide members to discuss ideas.
range of opportunities. These recommendations
Recommendation #3: Develop partnerships.
can help guide your community garden team to
Set up an in-person meeting and/or phone call
develop mutually beneficial partnerships.
between the garden coordinators and potential
Recommendation #1: Consider possible partners. Make sure to include the gardeners
models for the garden. who will primarily be responsible for produce
Understanding the various options for growing donation. When you have conversations with the
and distributing the produce will be an important neighborhood organizations, members and/or food
consideration for the garden. A community recipient agencies in your community, be prepared
donation garden may provide a direct model to ask questions about the partners’ needs,
of access, in which the garden is located in interests, and expectations.
the neighborhood where the food or gardening
Example questions include:
resources will be distributed, often either on site or
• What are the partner’s needs related to food
near the garden.
and/or gardening?
The community members who receive the food • Is this partner interested in receiving fresh
or gardening resources in this model may have produce from this community garden?
different levels of involvement and participation. • What is the partner’s experience with fresh
They may direct the garden, participate in produce and produce donations?
gardening, have direct access to the garden • What concerns might they have in partnering
and gardening resources, utilize the garden as a with the garden, or in receiving produce from
learning space, coordinate distributions, receive the garden?
food distributions directly from the garden, or • What types of produce are most needed?
participate in the garden in other ways. • Does the recipient site have refrigeration?
How much produce do they have the capacity
Indirect access is another model of donation. Food
to store (both unrefrigerated and refrigerated
may be grown at one site and then transported
produce)?
for delivery, often to a local food recipient agency
• Does the recipient site have a scale to weigh
such as a food pantry. Some community donation
all of the donated produce?
gardens may opt for a hybrid of the direct and
• How else might they be interested in
indirect models, or they may allocate a portion
partnering?
of the garden or the produce grown for donation
• How can the garden best meet the needs and
purposes.
expectations of the community members?
Recommendation #2: Create a list of potential • What would the partner like the gardeners to
partners. know or understand about it (and for agencies,
Recipient sites may include food pantries, food about the community members it serves)?
banks, meal programs, soup kitchens, senior • What level of involvement and partnership are
centers, schools, daycare and after school centers, the neighborhood members/agencies and
faith-based organizations, drop-off sites collecting the garden volunteers interested in? Produce
Page 10donation only, or other opportunities for all 50 states, and their staff helps place donations
collaboration? wherever they pop up. However, in some areas,
• Are the garden volunteers able to meet the they have a more robust network than others.
needs of this partnership?
What Hunger Looks Like in South Dakota - many of
Before committing to partnership, it is also us may not realize the grave disparities that exist in
important to discuss the logistics of produce our own communities, people face hunger in every
donation and delivery. See the “What to Grow” county and congressional district in South Dakota.
section. Once you have developed a partnership,
Top 13 vegetables to donate to food pantries - This
plan to regularly check-in with your partners and
publication discusses 13 vegetables that can be
recipient agencies. Plan one or more conversations
donated to food pantries and tips for growing and
mid-growing season and at the end of the growing
harvesting those vegetables.
season.
This information has been modified from
Finally, remember that your partners, whether
documents that were researched and written
neighborhood members or food recipient agencies,
by Prairey Walkling. Reviewers and additional
are often constrained for resources, including
contributors: Carrie Chennault, Laura Irish,
time, financial, and other resources. It is important
Christine Hradek, Caitlin Szymanski, and Susan
to develop partnerships that serve their needs,
DeBlieck. Copyright 2018. Iowa State University
but you also need to be realistic about the level
SNAP-Ed and Master Gardener programs.
of commitment you can expect from garden
volunteers. Contact Information
Submit application to: sdsu.sdmg@sdstate.edu
Resources:
These resources are websites that may help find Project Coordinator: Prairey Walkling
potential donation sites. prairey.walkling@sdstate.edu
211 South Dakota (enter your zip code, use the SNAP-Ed Coordinator: Samantha DeVaney
Food category and select options such as Food samantha.devaney@sdstate.edu
Pantries, Soup Kitchens, Senior Meal Sites, or
Summer Food Service Meal Sites)
Ample Harvest is an online directory of food banks
and pantries. Note that the directory only contains
food recipient agencies that have registered with
Ample Harvest.
MEANS is an online resource that helps connect
growers with organizations receiving and
distributing food. MEANS Database has users in
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