Nature’s Path Announces 2025 Gardens for Good: Plant it Forward™ winners

Nature’s Path Organic Foods has announced the winners of its 2025 Gardens for Good: Plant it Forward™ grant program. Twenty exceptional organic community gardens—10 in the U.S. and 10 in Canada—have been selected to receive a $6,500 grant to grow their efforts in nourishing communities with fresh, organic food. Since the program’s launch in 2010, Gardens for Good has awarded nearly $1 million to organic community gardens across North America.

“After 15 years, Gardens for Good continues to remind us that the power of a garden goes far beyond the harvest,” says Jyoti Stephens, VP of Mission and Strategy at Nature’s Path. “The winners this year exemplify what it means to grow with purpose—nurturing community connections, fostering environmental awareness, and inspiring leadership rooted in care and connection. It’s an honor to support their work and stand alongside them in building a more nourishing future.”

U.S. winners of the 2025 Gardens for Good: Plant it Forward grant:

• Common Good City Farm, Washington D.C.
• Soulful Seeds, Reno, NV
• Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center, National City, CA
• Semillas de Justica, Chicago, IL
• Habesha Garden, Atlanta, GA
• Sierra Harvest Food Love Farm, Nevada City, CA
• Gill Tract Community Farm, Albany, CA
• Ma’ona Community Garden, Honaunau, HI
• Otterbein Community Garden, Westerville, OH
• Ocean View Growing Grounds, San Diego, CA

Canadian winners of the 2025 Gardens for Good: Plant it Forward grant:

• The Collingwood Community Center Garden, Collingwood, ON
• Kids Right to Know Community Garden, Richmond Hill, ON
• Harvest Manitoba Community Garden, Winnepeg, MB
• The Confederation College Community Garden, Thunder Bay, ON
• The Patch, London, ON
• Ridgewood Community Garden, Edmonton, AB
• Swan Valley Growing Circle, Swan Valley, MB
• Dixon Transition Society Garden, Burnaby, BC
• MAC Community Garden, Parksville, BC
• Rainbow Refugees, Vancouver, BC

Organic & Non-GMO Insights August 2025