Community Gardens By Mayona Engdahl

Hunger in the US

As of August 2009 36.5 Million people are food stamp recipients (DeParle & Gebeloff New York Times 2009)

Nearly half of all children in the US will be on food stamps at some point in their childhood (Tanner 2009 San Francisco Chronicle)

2009 Holiday Season highest demand in 24 years for the San Francisco County & Alameda County Food Banks.

Concept of Foodshed

A “Foodshed” is everything between where a food is produced and where a food is consumed-the land it grows on, the routes it travels, the markets it goes through in order to end up on your table.

It is thought to be best for you to eat food that comes from no further than 200 miles away.

In a recent study by Healthcare concluded the cure for Diabetes Type 2 & Childhood obesity involves eating locally grown food.

History of Community Gardens Economic recession and lack of green

space in the urban environment are hardly new problems in the United States. (Lawson 2005)

It is not surprising then that people have organized to create places for people to garden in cities since the 1890’s

Gardens took off during WWI “Liberty Garden,” to face food shortages and became “Victory Gardens” during WWII

Golden Gate Community Garden

Why Can’t More Land Become Community Gardens?