An Ohio college is helping a community hard-hit by the recession to grow vegetables.
When DHL Express closed and put almost 8,000 people out of work in southwest Ohio, Wilmington College started the "Grow Food, Grow Hope" program, setting up 20 plots plus guidance from members of its agricultural program to help those in need to grow their own food.
The wife of the school's president says:
It's not about a handout, it's a hand up. It's teaching them how to supplement their groceries; it's about building a local food system.The article continues: The families met weekly to plant, weed and finally harvest, with the help of Wilmington teachers and volunteer "master gardeners" from the community. As the first lettuce, green beans and tomatoes ripened, gardening lessons were supplemented by demonstrations on cooking and preserving crops.
Vegetables are expensive, usually much more expensive than junk food. The participants have not only saved money and learned a variety of new skills, but they've actually been eating more healthily.
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