About Us
The 2014 Land Between the Lakes Local Food and Gardening Directory is a collective effort by Virginia Cooperative Extension, the Franklin County Master Gardener Association, all of our wonderful sponsors, Candace Monaghan, our graphic designer, and Tony Quist, our web designer.
The Directory is designed to link local food producers and gardening suppliers to consumers in our area. The second edition of the Directory has been expanded to 12 pages to include 59 local agriculture businesses in the Franklin County area.
Committee members are Master Gardener Elaine Proffitt, Master Gardener Martha Flora, Virginia Cooperative Extension Agriculture Technician Melissa Waller, and Master Gardener Jenny Nissen, seated are Master Gardeners Cindy Wood and Lynda Young. Other committee members are Master Gardener Pat Simmons and recently joining the group are the 2012 graduates Bonnie Turner and Carla Greer.
A large group of Master Gardeners helped with the distribution of over 5500 printed copies. For additional information about the Franklin County Master Gardener Association, please visit the website at https://sites.google.com/site/fcmastergarden/
Further information:
In 1862 Congress passed the Morrill Act, which provided for a university in every state that would educate citizens in agricultural practices. These colleges are known as “land grant universities.”
In Virginia, these universities are Virginia Tech and Virginia State. The Smith Lever Act of 1914 established Cooperative Extension to serve as a link between land grant universities and the community. The Master Gardener program, established in 1972, was created by Cooperative Extension to meet an enormous increase in requests from home gardeners for unbiased, researched-based horticultural information. The Franklin County Master Gardener Association was formed in 1992. Requirements to become a Master Gardener include a minimum of fifty hours of instruction and an equal number of hours in approved volunteer projects.
Planning Team & Sponsors
