About Us
Grow Pittsburgh develops and supports food-growing initiatives and programs across the region as a key way to improve the social, economic, environmental, health, and educational realities of people in our community. Our work can be summarized in three approaches:
- We teach people how to grow food through school garden curriculum, teacher trainings, workforce development for youth, adult workshops, and other resources.
- We grow and distribute food for our community through our urban farm sites, providing affordable sustainably grown fresh fruits and vegetables at our farm stands and through donations to free food distributions.
- And we build and support gardens for schools, early childhood centers, and low-income communities throughout Allegheny County.
Grow Pittsburgh’s Mission, Vision and Values are essential to our work and the lens through which we make all key decisions from program development and evaluation to human resources and hiring.
Mission
Our mission is to teach people how to grow food and promote the benefits gardens bring to our neighborhoods.
Vision
We envision the day when everyone in our city and region grows and eats fresh, local and healthy food.
Values
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
Prioritizing neighborhood voices to guide programs
FISCAL INTEGRITY
Making responsible and effective use of available resources
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Understanding systems of privilege, oppression, and racism, and using this knowledge to drive our work
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
Using, teaching and advocating for restorative and regenerative practices
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
Supporting everyone’s right to access, produce and distribute nutritious and culturally appropriate food
TRANSPARENCY
Being accountable by using clear, direct and inclusive communication
EQUITY
Working alongside communities to build access and power for all
RESOURCEFULNESS
Creating hands-on opportunities to build individual and community self-sufficiency
At Grow Pittsburgh, we believe that everyone in our city and region should have the opportunity to grow and eat local, healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food. We make gardening accessible for home, school, and community gardeners and urban farmers.