Sponsors and Collaborators

Sponsors

• Office of Senator Dick Durbin
• Ball Seed Company – seed donation
• Gordon Hardware – equipment donation
• Garden Prairie Organics – compost donation
• Innovative Growers Equipment – equipment donation
• Feeding Illinois – donated raised beds
• DeKalb County Community Gardens
• Undeniably Dairy – funding donation for meal prep program
• Baker Creek Seeds – seed donation
• Chervon – battery powered equipment donation
• Illinois Farm Bureau – agricultural equipment donation
• Midwest Ground Covers – hoop house donation

Internal Collaborators

• Office of Innovation
• Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development
• Campus Sustainability
• Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy 
• Campus Dining Services
• Nutrition and Dietetics
• Pick Museum

External Collaborators

• Local high school horticulture programs grow seedlings from the seeds donated by Ball Seed
  • DeKalb High School
  • Sycamore High School
  • Rochelle High School
  • Hiawatha High School
• Jonomac Orchard
• Illinois Extension
• Farmers Rising