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Surveys 1-3 change often
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Surveys 4-20 are always the same.



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Survey 1    Who has a greater impact on your life, The President of the United States or your teachers
Teachers
President


Survey 2    Which would help end hunger sooner, rich people giving more money or regular people giving more time?
Rich people giving money
Regular people giving time


Survey 3    What is the number one issue facing us today
Nuclear weapons
Climate change
Discrimination
Illiteracy
Gangs
Drugs
Other


Ongoing Surveys
Changing Surveys

Survey 4    (Pick 1 only)  My interest in gardening would best be described as:                                                                            (If you answer C or D, please go to Survey 5 and 6. If you answered A or B, please go to survey 7.)
A. My parents make me weed the garden and I hate it.
B. I have not given it much thought before.
C. I do a little bit of gardening now and would like to learn how to be a better gardener.
D. I am an avid gardener already and love it.


Survey 5    (Pick as many as apply)    My interest in gardening is because:
I enjoy being outdoors.
I like the fact I am eating fresh vegetables and nutrition is important to me.
I feel I am helping the environment.
I enjoy watching things grow.
I was brought up gardening and it is just in my blood now.
It gives me a sense of accomplishment to see what I was able to do at the end of the gardening season.
It is a challenge to see how big my plants grow.


Survey 6    Same choices as above, but now just pick the ONE that applies.
I enjoy being outdoors.
I like the fact I am eating fresh vegetables and nutrition is important to me.
I feel I am helping the environemnt.
I enjoy watching things grow.
I was brought up gardening and it is just in my blood now.
It gives me a sense of accomplishment to see what I was able to do at the end of the gardening season.
It is a challenge to see how big my plants grow.
None of these answers gives my main reason for gardening.


Survey 7    Ever been in a community garden project before?
I have never helped in a community garden before.
I once helped in a garden project.
I regularly help in garden project in my community.


Survey 8    My favorite vegetables to GROW are:   (Pick as many as apply)
Asparagus
Beans
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Carrots
Cauliflower
Corn
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Gourds
Herbs
Lettuce
Onions
Peas
Potatoes
Radishes
Squash
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Tomatoes
Turnips
Peppers
Pumpkins
Watermelon


Survey 9    Same as above, now just pick your ONE favorite vegetable to GROW.
Asparagus
Beans
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Carrots
Cauliflower
Corn
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Gourds
Herbs
Lettuce
Onions
Peas
Potatoes
Radishes
Squash
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Tomatoes
Turnips
Peppers
Pumpkins
Watermelon
Other


Survey 10    My favorite vegetables to EAT are:     (Pick as many as apply)
Asparagus
Beans
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Carrots
Cauliflower
Corn
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Herbs
Lettuce
Onions
Peas
Potatoes
Radishes
Squash
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Tomatoes
Turnips
Peppers
Pumpkins
Watermelon


Survey 11    Same as above but now just pick your ONE favorite vegetable to EAT:
Asparagus
Beans
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Carrots
Cauliflower
Corn
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Herbs
Lettuce
Onions
Peas
Potatoes
Radishes
Squash
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Tomatoes
Turnips
Peppers
Pumpkins
Watermelon
Other


Survey 12    If there was ONE vegetable you would want to learn how to grow better, which would it be?
Asparagus
Beans
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Carrots
Cauliflower
Corn
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Gourds
Herbs
Lettuce
Onions
Peas
Potatoes
Radishes
Squash
Spinach
Swiss Chard
Tomatoes
Turnips
Peppers
Pumpkins
Watermelon
Other


Survey 14    What got you involved in the youth garden project you are in?    (Pick ONE which most applies)
Friends
School/Church or Service group
Parents
My own interests
Other


Survey 13    I would like to get involved in a youth garden: Stop here unless you checked the last answer.
No. I just took this online survey
Maybe. I will look for a project in my area if I am interested.
Probably. This sounds like fun.
Absolutely.
Already doing it. (Please go to Surveys 14-20)


Survey 15    How long have you been invovled
Less than one year
1-2 years
2-3 years
3-4 years
4+ years


Survery 16    My garden project is run by
A church group
A school group
Another service group (Rotaries/Eagles/Lions/Masons etc.)
A 4H group
A non profit charity
Our parents started it and we run it
Just a bunch of kids growing stuff
Other


Survey 17    Are you paid to help in your garden
Yes, a good wage
Yes, a small stipend wage
No, it is for school or other credit
No, we are strictly a volunteer garden


Survey 18    How much do you enjoy it    (If you answer A or B, please do survey 19 and 20. If you answered C or D, please go to survey 20.)   
A  Honestly, I hate it.
B  It is ok, but not my favorite thing anymore.
C I enjoy it most of the time.
D I love it.


Survey 19   (ONLY if you marked A or B above)   If you don't enjoy it anymore, why not                                                               (Just pick ONE answer that best applies):
The heat of the summer months
I just don't have the time and feel like it is too much for me now
I feel my efforts are not appreciated
We have not accomplished what I wanted to see done so far
The garden is too unorganized


Survey 20    What could the people running your youth garden do to help make it funner and better.    (1 answer please)
Have more organized events
Have food at the garden
Give us more gardening classes and teach us more
Pay us better
Let us be part of the decision making process more
Show more appreciation for what we do
Make it funner anyway possible
Get more people involved so it is not as hard on those of us there.
Not much more. Things are great.

Thank you for taking the surveys. It helps a lot
20 Surveys for Youth 8-18.