Edited by Jennifer Martin , Occidental College Community Food Security Project: An affiliate of the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute
(UEPI).
Illustrations by Joe Linton.
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Edited by Jennifer Martin , Occidental College Community Food Security Project: An affiliate of the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute
(UEPI).
Illustrations by Joe Linton.
For more information or to send in letters, articles, photos, drawings, calendar listings or other entries, call
(831) 466-0755.
Project GROW is sponsored by the California Department of Health Services.
On a recent night at
the San Leandro Shelter, a
dozen children between the
ages of two and fourteen
worked planting vegetable
seeds in the garden.
Before
beginning they
had been asked
to think about
the ways plants
and people are
similar:
“People and
plants both need
sun and water.
”
“People and
plants need to be
protected when
they’re little.
”
“Sometimes
they’re scared in
new places.
”
“They both grow.
”
At the San Leandro
Shelter for Women and
Children, Project GROW has
focused on children’s
gardening and horticultural
therapy.
Because the shelter
is urban – with an asphalt
backyard – community
volunte
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