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Growing Community Series - Weaverville Primary School
Each year we have approximately 20 children in a class. We send things home to the families as well, so I would say that around 80 people a year benefit from the garden. Of course, the beauty of that is the class changes each year, so we get to garden and share with 80 new people each season!
Growing Community Series - Root Cause Farm
Some basic tips include to make sure you have at least 7 hours of full-sun, that you are near a water source, that you have some flat areas or a plan to work with the slope of the land, that you have accessed the how, what, and why including community need and interest, and that you have plenty of people who are interested and invested in seeing this project through.
Shirley Sherrod: Co-founder of New Communities
New Communities was a farm where everyone would share stewardship of the land. It was to have an independent education system, healthcare system, and housing, strongly rooted in community and cooperative practices, meant to provide autonomy to the folks involved.
Emma Dupree, Folk Herbalist & Granny Woman
A true community herbalist, Ms. Dupree didn’t set a price for her services. Sometimes she would get $5, sometimes $30, and she was happy to accept trades of ingredients she needed for her work such as lemons, vinegar, rock candy, honey, and molasses.