{"id":452,"date":"2011-04-26T21:41:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T00:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=452"},"modified":"2011-04-26T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T00:45:56","slug":"victory-gardens-support-local-food-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"Victory gardens support local food growing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is an old idea in a new format. For those of us who were around in WWII the concept of the Victory Garden was in our face and in our yard. Growing your food was an activity “in the national interest” and in support of the war effort. Interesting how quickly after the war the idea of growing your own food became “old fashioned” and just picking up that TV dinner at the supermarket was the new mode of eating.<\/p>\n

Maybe we are at another turning point and people are beginning to see the value in local foods, support of local agriculture, joining in community gardens, making purchases at farmers’ markets, assisting the development of community supported agriculture groups and so on.<\/p>\n

This site has lots of great information on community gardening and a great map register of \u00a0local community gardening efforts. Our Parent’s Place garden in Yarmouth is the first Canadian site on the register. Take a look by clicking on the logo below.<\/p>\n

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