{"id":1755,"date":"2017-04-24T19:17:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T23:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science-new\/?page_id=1755"},"modified":"2025-02-14T17:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T22:30:34","slug":"green-fund-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/alumni-and-giving\/green-fund-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"The Green Fund Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
As nurserymen, professionals of the green industry and constant gardeners, we understand the need to invest in a future still invisible, buried in the soil. Research, knowledge, and experience provide us with answers about which investments will yield plants. We trust the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what about the people? Where is the investment in the next generations of people who will buy plants, who will care about plants, who will know how to grow plants, who will advocate for plants?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is there a future for our plants without people engaging in our industry?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n