Website: https://www.southsideclt.org

SCLT is a wonderful community resource for learning about and doing gardening and farming. Their mission is to provide access to land, education and other resources so people in RI can grow food in environmentally sustainable ways. To bring healthy food to people with the least access to it, SCLT trains gardeners and farmers to grow food for their families and neighbors and provides inexpensive land and agricultural resources to help them to do it. Below are some of the programs they offer.

• Community Farms: SCLT own or support 52 community farms in Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls. Individuals and families can rent space to garden at these farms. To see a map of SCLT community farms and sign up for on the wait list, go to: https://www.southsideclt.org/community-gardens/
• Farmer Training Workshops: SCLT provides a variety of hands-on farmer training workshops and technical assistance for beginning vegetable farmers. Each year they publish a calendar of workshops.
• On-farm apprenticeships: Apprentices train full-time at one of five host farms and are funded for seven months each season (spring through fall). The apprentice program combines in-depth farm skills from farm mentors with tours, classes and network-building opportunities. Apprentices complete the program with not only technical skills, but a broader understanding of farm conditions and connections to resources needed to begin a farming career.
• Urban Agriculture support: In the spring, SCLT offers free seeds and organic compost to urban gardeners as well as a plant sale that includes vegetable plants.

For more information about these and other programs, see https://www.southsideclt.org