Our Mission

THE GREENHOUSE PROJECT MISSION STATEMENT

August 20, 2009

The Greenhouse Project is a non-profit Nevada Corporation whose mission is to establish and sustainably operate a community-based greenhouse. The greenhouse will provide educational and vocational opportunities for students, youth groups, and special needs individuals in a garden setting and will serve as a year-round source of locally-grown organic agricultural and horticultural products for the Carson City community. The greenhouse operations will employ renewable energy sources for power and use ecologically sustainable growing methods to cultivate vegetables and bedding plants.

The greenhouse will serve as a teaching facility for hands-on training programs that emphasize environmental stewardship, civic engagement and academic achievement. Through these programs, students will cultivate and distribute vegetables for school culinary classes and local food banks and will produce flower baskets to be used for the downtown Carson City corridor.

In addition to providing youth educational and vocational opportunities, the greenhouse project will also serve the needs of Carson's low-income people by increasing access to fresher, more nutritious food supplies. The project also promotes revitalization of Carson City's downtown commercial corridor by enhancing its appearance through horticultural arts.