Harvesting produce, spreading hope
The Centralia (Washington) Corps restores and renames its community garden. By Caramie Petrowsky - After a year and a half hiatus, the garden at The Salvation Army Centralia (Washington) Corps is feeding a hungry community and helping local youth to grow as
Broomfield garden community blooms
The Birch Community Garden in Broomfield, Colorado, benefits local children and seniors alike—and grows some 1,000 pounds of produce a year. As the volunteer coordinator of the Birch Community Garden, Sharon Josephs has watched vegetable converts firsthand, many of whom are
Kings launch “ROOT” at Salvation Army
A new community garden encourages food literacy, healthy eating This offseason, the Sacramento Kings launched “ROOT,” a community garden program that encourages food literacy and healthy eating, hoping to change the way kids, families and adults interact with food that comes
New life
Across the landscape of The Salvation Army’s service in communities across America, new life is a common theme as hope is restored. In some cases, the new life is more literal as seeds bring forth produce and more. These are a
‘It all starts in the soil’
Ron Finley threw some seeds in the ground and got the whole world talking food in 2011. Now he’s transforming a vacant lot behind LA’s oldest library into a food forest. Ron Finley never had much trouble with the law—until he