Welcome to
Radiance Gardens
Growing Food. Harvesting Sovereignty. Empowering Women.
Our Purpose
By empowering women to grow food and championing community-led solutions, Radiance Gardens dismantles food apartheid to reclaim local food sovereignty across Connecticut’s most food-insecure neighborhoods.
Our Vision
Our vision is to build a foundation of community wellness where every family has abundant access to fresh, culturally relevant food. We imagine a world where zip codes no longer determine life expectancy, where local gardens replace food deserts, and where every woman has the resources to nourish her community and thrive.
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We prioritize the physical, mental, and nutritional well-being of women and communities through access to healthy, culturally appropriate food and promote long-term wellness and reduce diet-related diseases and health disparities.
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We prioritize leadership, education, and skills-building for women and girls to create lasting change in their communities.
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We believe solutions are strongest when driven by the voices and needs of those directly impacted.
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We restore and protect the land responsibly, promoting regenerative practices that preserve soil, water, and biodiversity, composting, water conservation, and climate-conscious approaches that ensure our communities and gardens thrive long-term.
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We confront systemic inequities and advocating for policies and practices that promote fairness and opportunity for all.
Our Values
Restoring a soil-to-soul relationship between people, land, and long-term wellbeing
Restoring a soil-to-soul relationship between people, land, and long-term wellbeing
Our Programs
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Food Growing
We’ll show you how to garden regeneratively at home.
We help turn vacant land into community gardens or small farms to grow fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers for your community
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Food Education
We offer hands-on, culturally relevant food education that builds nutritional literacy, culinary skills, and food systems awareness.
We empowering women and her community to nourish themselves, preserve their foodways, and advance health, sovereignty, and ecological stewardship.
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Food Access
We offer business planning, licensing and compliance guidance, operations setup, financial strategy, branding and marketing support, distribution planning, and mentorship to help you launch and grow a resilient, food business.
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Food Justice Advocacy
We offer policy advocacy, community power-building, equity-centered food systems planning, and strategic support to advance food sovereignty, protect food workers, expand equitable food access, and shift resources and decision-making power back to communities.
Support Radiance Gardens
Together, we can end food apartheid and restore dignity through culturally rooted, community-driven solutions. Your support helps Radiance Gardens grow fresh, healthy food; teach hands-on food and gardening education; and empower communities to reclaim sovereignty over their local food systems.
Your gift helps us build new raised beds, purchase seeds and soil, replace worn tools, and create a welcoming space with signage and a tool shed for our volunteers and youth programs.
Radiance Gardens, Inc is fiscally sponsored by Christian Home Educators Support System, Inc (CHESS)
Visit Us
We are grateful for the partnership to co-manage Mansfield Community Garden through Gather New Haven. To volunteer or join the community garden at 191 Mansfield St, New Haven, Connecticut please complete the form below:
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