Community Gardens Feed Body and Soul
At the risk of sounding like our Depression-era parents, we had better brace ourselves for the continuing fallout from the economy. We are seeing more jobs lost everyday and prices at the pump and the grocery store go up. This scenario will play havoc on local food banks as we have discussed in previous blogs. Now is the season however to consider a community garden as a way to provide fresh food to families who might not get them otherwise. In places that have gardens like San Gabriel Valley, CA, the garden helps people come together in community for food and spirit. Or as the folks in Carrboro, NC are learning, it is a great teaching tool and service project for young people. Portland, OR, has a children's gardening program that is terrific. This is a win-win and can lead to local farmer's markets if the interest is there. How to get started? The American Community Gardening Association has made it easy for us. There are 10,000 community gardens across America. If you don't have one where you live, think about starting one. If there is one already, think about a second in another part of town. Let us know what has worked where you live.
it's also great for a whole bunch of people to grow food, harvest it , then eat it in an outdoor communal meal. we did this last year in the U.K. and people loved it! more at http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/mar/26/cityfood and http://tinyurl.com/2843d9.
Posted by: David Barrie | March 30, 2008 at 06:52 PM