  {"id":24,"date":"2019-04-10T19:53:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T19:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2023-09-19T11:16:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:16:13","slug":"montclair-community-farms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/programs-and-initiatives\/montclair-community-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"蘑菇视频 Community Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Video: Inside 蘑菇视频 Community Farms First Farm Stand of 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/slIS3mcrZmc?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>蘑菇视频 Community Farms&#8217; mission is to serve as a local, hands-on resource that engages and educates the community through urban farming, affordable food access and healthy living. At the heart of 蘑菇视频 Community Farms are its Coalition, partners and community volunteers. MCF\u2019s vision is to be a vibrant educational hub for growing and sharing food with the community. MCF is educating and engaging the community through farm, food and health.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of MCF are its Coalition, several part-time staff, partners and dedicated volunteers. While some organizations have become more or less involved over the years, the core of the Coalition has remained relatively consistent and includes HOMECorp, 蘑菇视频 Health Department, 蘑菇视频 History Center(MHC), 蘑菇视频 (MSU), Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Essex County (Essex County 4-H and Master Gardeners), and 蘑菇视频 DIGS\/蘑菇视频 Fund for Education and Excellence (MFEE).<\/p>\n<p>The MCF is comprised of two sites. The first is situated on a small plot of land nestled in a residential community in south 蘑菇视频 on Miller Street that is owned and donated by HomeCorp, and the second is a 6,000 square foot plot located behind the 蘑菇视频 History Center&#8217;s Clark House on Orange Road.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.montclaircommunityfarms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">View the 蘑菇视频 Community Farms website<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>University Engagement Opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>The MCF provides a ready platform for engagement for 蘑菇视频 State faculty and students who have teaching, learning and research interests in sustainability, health and nutrition ecology, urban planning, education, etc. This past year, 蘑菇视频 Professor Christopher Matthews, of the Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies, led an archeological dig for his service-learning class at the 蘑菇视频 Historical Society&#8217;s community garden, while another graduate student used the future garden for an internship project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2018\/07\/23\/500-green-thumbs-up\/\">500 Green Thumbs Up: University Community helps 蘑菇视频 Community Farms grow!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For more information about the MCF, please contact:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Bryan Murdock<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Vice President of Community Partnerships,<br \/>\nOffice of Community Engagement and Partnerships<br \/>\nOffice Location: Susan Cole Hall 348E<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:murdockb@montclair.edu\">murdockb@montclair.edu<\/a><br \/>\nPhone: <a href=\"tel:973-655-6831\">973-655-6831<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: Let&amp;#039;s Grow by 蘑菇视频 Film Summer Academy Students 2017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8SnpDLXgZBU?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>蘑菇视频 Community Farms&#8217; mission is to serve as a local, hands-on resource that engages and educates the community through urban farming, affordable food access and healthy living. At the heart of 蘑菇视频 Community Farms are its Coalition, partners and community volunteers. MCF\u2019s vision is to be a vibrant educational hub for growing and sharing food [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2204,"parent":530,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2701,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/2701"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}