Bronco Urban Gardens (BUG)

Bronco Urban Gardens (BUG) What is the Silicon Valley HealthCorps?

Bronco Urban Gardens is a food justice outreach program of Santa Clara University working to provide experiential learning opportunities for students of all ages and backgrounds in the garden. Bronco Urban Gardens, or BUG is an environmental justice initiative lead by Santa Clara University's Environmental Studies Institute in partnership with the Silicon Valley HealthCorps. The goal of BUG and it

s associated projects is to increase community food security, sustainability and environmental literacy in Santa Clara Country through the co-creation and technical support of urban gardens and education programs. Other goals include:

-Provide urban agricultural technical support and educational program assistance to improve food security, health and environmental literacy of underserved schools and marginalized communities in Santa Clara County
-Ensure the long-term viability of Santa Clara County school and community gardens by providing free teacher trainings, garden education and volunteer support
-Train a new generation of sustainable agriculture and food system educators
-Foster urban sustainability by connecting communities producing healthy food to natural food systems

Bronco Urban Gardens has teamed up with the Silicon Valley HealthCorps and hosts full-time AmeriCorps volunteers whom run it's various garden based education programs. In an innovative partnership, The Health Trust has joined together with AmeriCorps and nine local organizations to form the Silicon Valley HealthCorps. The goal of this collaboration is to use gardens, farm to school programs and the work of AmeriCorps members to bring fresh fruits, vegetables and education to residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. The program seeks to engage the community as active participants in promoting and sustaining community and school gardens, and to provide a coordinated, county-wide approach to expanding garden based learning. The program will also increase access to fresh produce through the development of new healthy food resources such as community and school gardens, farmers markets, and community supported agriculture programs.

🌱Hello Garden Friends!🌱Please read this important message about the future of Bronco Urban Gardens’ social media account...
02/09/2021

🌱Hello Garden Friends!🌱
Please read this important message about the future of Bronco Urban Gardens’ social media accounts.

10/08/2020

Santa Clara's commitment to sustainability landed it in the Top 20 in Sierra magazine's Cool Schools list.

Bronco Urban Gardens partners with community beyond the SCU campus, but BUG is based in the university's teaching and or...
05/12/2020

Bronco Urban Gardens partners with community beyond the SCU campus, but BUG is based in the university's teaching and organic Forge Garden. Check out this urban garden space as our Forge Garden manager, Katharine Rondthaler, takes us on a virtual tour and learn a little about the BUG & The Forge Garden connection as well as nitrogen fixers, intercropping, etc....

BUG garden this weekend, growing food and beauty.....
04/26/2020

BUG garden this weekend, growing food and beauty.....

04/22/2020

The funds raised by The Forge Garden Plant Sale will help support the produce delivery program- Resilience in a Box, which has been getting fresh veggies out to BUG's community members over the last 5 weeks! .... Thank you to all those that have signed up to help us grow strong together!

Happy Earth Day! On this special day, BUG would like to celebrate backyard gardening and showcase a community member's ...
04/22/2020

Happy Earth Day! On this special day, BUG would like to celebrate backyard gardening and showcase a community member's garden. It's a privilege for me to be able to see and share her hard work.

Take care of yourself and our Earth today!

The gardens keep growing food.... today we reached 20 families with our produce boxes.
03/27/2020

The gardens keep growing food.... today we reached 20 families with our produce boxes.

03/25/2020
The BUG Gardens keep growing.... look at that bok choy! In the coming weeks BUG will collaborate with The Forge Garden t...
03/23/2020

The BUG Gardens keep growing.... look at that bok choy! In the coming weeks BUG will collaborate with The Forge Garden to keep growing food and partnering with our community.

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1051 Sherman Street
Santa Clara, CA
95050

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+14083865544

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