We are passing on this life-giving value, passion, and skill to the next generation of gardeners and farmers through working together to grow food and gardens.
knowledge, experience, food, work and life. Food, drink and shared ex- periences have the capacity to deeply connect us to each other and the heal- ing, grounding influence of nature. The therapeutic mental and emotion- al benefits of gardening and growing food are well documented and can in- crease physical health as well as help reduce stress, hunger, poverty and crime in a community. Communi- ty gardens also have the capacity to improve both lifestyle and value in a neighborhood as they beautify and bring people together. Do you grow a home garden? Does your area have a community garden? Consider today how you might share your growing experience with others and conserve the life-giving tradition of cultivating food right where you live with your own hands, for future generations and the people you have been given right here, right now. Vol-
Even a traditional wheelbarrow can brighten the area.
unteer with a local food bank or dona- tion garden. If your city allows it, put out a small garden stand on your side- walk with surplus veggies from your garden. Join a workshop put on by your county’s Master Gardener pro- gram. Shop at the farmer’s market. Or even ask your farmer if they need
an extra pair of hands on harvest or market days. In the process, you’ll find that growing and giving such green, nutritious life has its abun- dance of reward. N
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