History
In 2013-14, The National Center for Economic Gardening and the Edward Lowe Foundation worked with the Rural Utah Economic Gardening Demonstration Project partners to provide services to businesses in several rural counties Utah. The process provided professional training and certification to establish a cadre of economic gardening expertise in the State of Utah. Additionally, it allowed Utah to assess the results of economic gardening in terms of business growth among those companies who participated.
Project Partners
Southern Utah University secured grant funding from USDA Rural Development. The Governors Office of Economic Development and the Utah SBDC network supported the effort in coordination with several county economic development offices. Twenty-nine companies were admitted into the program.
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"12 participating companies reported over $16.6 in increased annual revenue and created 122 jobs in their rural Utah communities."
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