Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Gardens Edge supports sustainable agriculture, micro-enterprise, and education in rural communities in order to revitalize cultural knowledge and improve economic well-being.
The Gardens Edge supports sustainable agriculture, micro-enterprise, and education in rural communities in order to revitalize cultural knowledge and improve economicwell-being by teaching home gardening, soil conservation, seed saving, small-business management , and working with schools to help start gardens and teach environmental education. For our nutrition project we we teach moms about proper nutrition, access children with malnutrition and teach healthy recipes, and gardening.
Qachuu Aloom works with 500 Mayan families in Guatemala. Our grant goes to support gardening, seed saving, nutrition, and maternal health services and workshops, including home visits to these families. The 500 families live in 24 different villages, and each family receives workshops and home visits from Qachuu Alooms field team, as well as access to other special educational workshops and help marketing their crop and seed surplus. Mothers and their children in our maternal health project receive monthly health assessments from a nutritionist, vitamin supplements, hygiene cooking and gardening classes. Serving 500 families.
Sand Dam: This project built a Sand Dam to bring water to 525 Mayan families in Guatemala. We also reforested a hillside around the dam. Serves 525 households.
Seed Travels Project: The project is an exchange between Indigenous farmers from Guatemala, NM, Arizona and California. We plant Amaranth seeds with partner gardens and host events at the gardens throughout the growing season. This year we had 7 gardens with an average of 30 people at each event.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sarah Montgomery | Executive Dir. | 40 | $14,400 |
| Lisa Brown | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| John Acklen | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Jesse Daves | President | 8 | $0 |
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