Community Gardens Research Paper

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Sustainable Urban agriculture, the benefits of community gardens One of the first things Michelle Obama did, as first lady was to dig up part of the beautifully manicured South Lawn of the White House and plant a vegetable garden. The garden was just one of Obama's many efforts to encourage Americans to eat nutritious food and live healthier lives. In an interview with NPR, the First lady talked about how her maternal grandmother used to tend a community garden in Chicago. "My mom grew up in the South Side," Obama says. "They were a working-class family [with] six brothers and sisters. They couldn't afford to go to the grocery store, so there was a victory garden and that's where they got their vegetables.” Community gardens enrich the …show more content…

They educate families’ on nutrition; they teach families how to grow their own produce so they can make better food choices and have many environmental benefits. To combat food insecurity and achieve successful, sustainable communities, Community gardens and the programs that support and encourage them are a necessity.
The First Lady’s story is a common one. Research done by the North Texas Food Bank shows that in the state of Texas, 4.8 million people are food insecure, which is one in every six people, The rate grows to 1 in 5 in Dallas County (477,000 people) and sadly, One in every four kids in North Texas is food insecure (304,000 children). Community gardens help establishes food security and healthy food choices for low-income communities in several ways. Community gardens allow individuals without land of their own, a place to grow the nutritionally rich foods that otherwise would be unavailable. To help alleviate hunger and provide food security, Community gardens donate thousands of pounds of fresh produce to local food pantries (Gardendallas.org). The Gateway Grand Prairie Community Garden and Orchard

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