In the News

From time to time the Youth Garden Project makes headlines in the news and outside of Moab. Contact us if you are interested in doing a piece on the Youth Garden Project! We would love to show you around and share why we love what we do.

Featured Articles

See Other Articles

May, 2022

Executive Director Emily Roberson chats with KZMU Host Howard Trenholme about the Youth Garden Project.

Listen to the Episode

April, 2020

The Youth Garden Project was featured in the Moab Sun News along with other growers regarding their plans for spring, tips for gardeners, and responses to COVID-19. 

See The Article

January, 2017

Featured story with Seedstock “In Picturesque Moab, Utah, a Youth Garden Project Serves to Strengthen Community and Supply Fresh Produce.”

See The Article

July, 2017

Featured article in Moab Area Real Estate Magazine “Learning and Growing: at the Youth Garden Project, both kids and adults discover – and rediscover – the natural world.”

See The Article

In The News for Youth Garden Project

August, 2016

Youth Garden Project receives Shopko Foundation grant for Nibble Garden

See The Article

YouthGardenProject_FoodTank

July, 2015

Featured Article with Food Tank, “Raising Excitement at the Youth Garden Project.”

See The Article

In The News for Youth Garden Project

April, 2012

Pick Up America Partners with Youth Garden Project to build a Peace Bench.

See The Article

November, 2021

Youth Garden Project welcomes new Executive Director.

See The Article

April, 2020

YGP Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser succeeds online.

See The Article

October, 2018

Youth Garden Project welcomes a new Executive Director.

See The Article

January, 2017

Youth Garden Project receives $2,000 in seeds and supplies from Johnny’s Selected Seeds Company.

See The Article

YouthGardenProject_FoodTank

November, 2016

We were included in the 2016 Good Food Org Guide, Presented by Food Tank and James Beard Foundation.

See The Guide

August, 2012

NPR’s Participation Nation Highlights the Youth Garden Project.

See The Article

In The News for Youth Garden Project

April, 2012

The Salt Lake Tribune highlights the Youth Garden Project’s Community Supported Agriculture Program.

See The Article

May, 2021

YGP celebrates 25 years of growing in Moab.

See The Article

August, 2020

YGP wraps up its second year of Seed Crew, youth development and employment program for ages 14-18.

See The Article

 

January, 2020

YGP celebrates garden volunteers!

See The Article

December, 2018

Rocky Mountain Power Foundation recently awarded a $2,500 grant to the Youth Garden Project to support the organization’s internship program.

See The Article

YouthGardenProject_YogaInTheGarden

September, 2016

Moab Sun News featured our first annual Yoga in the Garden free workshop.

See The Article

In The News for Youth Garden Project

June, 2014

Youth Garden Project Executive Director, Delite Primus, honored with E-50 award by The Community Foundation of Utah, because of her work to bring YGP produce into the local high school’s cafeteria.

See The Article

In The News for Youth Garden Project

November, 2013

The Youth Garden Project was selected as one of 250 finalist for Toyota’s “100 Cars For Good” Campaign and they launched an extensive social media campaign. In November, they were notified they were one of the winners!

See The Article

Notable Press

2021 – YGP sets record year for school programs

2021 – YGP says Goodbye to outgoing Director, Kaitlin Thomas, and Welcomes Emily Roberson to the role

2021 – Celebrating the Harvest: Youth Garden Project hosts 3rd Annual Harvest Festival

2021- The Youth Garden’s first ever YGPizza night is highlighted by Moab Sun News

2020 – Moab Sun News runs a follow-up story about our Online Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser

2020 – Youth Garden Project is featured with other local growers in Moab Sun Times Get Out & Go

2018 – Youth Garden Project Welcomes New Executive Director, Kaitlin Thomas

2017 – Youth Garden Project is featured in an article in Moab Area Real Estate Magazine “Learning and Growing: at the Youth Garden Project, both kids and adults discover – and rediscover – the natural world.”

2017 – Youth Garden Project is receives $2,000 in seeds and supplies from Johnny’s Selected Seeds

2017 – Youth Garden Project Welcomes New Executive Director

2017 – Youth Garden Project Serves to Strengthen Community and Supply Fresh Produce article by seedstock.com,

2016 – Included in the 2016 Good Food Org Guide, Presented by Food Tank and James Beard Foundation,

2016 –Yoga in the Garden

2016 – The Youth Garden Project (YGP) and Canyonlands Field Institute (CFI), two local nonprofits focused on outdoor education, forged a new partnership this summer.

2016 – Youth Garden Project receives Shopko Foundation grant for ‘nibble garden’.

2016 – Youth Garden Project presents ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.

2015 –  Youth Garden Project receives Masonic Foundation of Utah grant

2015 – Youth Garden Project receives $3k grant from Rocky Mountain Power.

2015 – Raising excitement at the Youth Garden Project feature with Food Tank.

2015 – Loco for Locavores, Youth Garden Project’s Garden Dinners put emphasis on Moab-grown food.

2015 – FoodTank and The James Beard Foundation present the 2014 list of Good Food Organizations.

2014 – Executive Director, Delite Primus, honored with E-50 award.

2014 – YGP Produce in GCHS School Lunches

2012 – NPR’s Participation Nation Highlights the Youth Garden Project.

2012 – Buy a Utah CSA farm share for good eatin’ all summer long – Feature by Salt Lake Tribune

2012 – Community Unites to Transform Litter into Useful Art

2011- Students Learn Academic Life Skills during recent YGP summer youth camp.