The US Department of Agriculture has declared August 23-29 to be "National Community Gardening Week"! According to Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, “Community gardens provide numerous benefits including opportunities for local food production, resource conservation, and neighborhood beautification… But they also promote family and community interaction and enhance opportunities to eat healthy, nutritious foods. Each of these benefits is something we can and should strive for."
Get to know your community gardens! The Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, works with more than thirty-one community gardens in the Madison area.
If you are interested in learning more about community gardening initiatives, consider browsing Steenbock Library collections. Run a MadCat catalog search to find these resources (HINT: try using “community gardens” or “community gardening” as a search term).
Among these resources are the following:
City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America
Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty
You can also learn more, or find a community garden in your area, by visiting the American Community Gardening Association’s web site.
Do also explore links from the USDA's People's Garden Project.
With thanks to Amanda W for selected titles. For additional library resources, see her original blog post.
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