Posted by
glen ropella on
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On 01/14/2014 05:45 AM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
> Glen writes:
>
>> I use it myself in choosing to donate money, rather than labor to the
>> community garden.
>
> At some cost premium, and perhaps quality penalty, I pay money at this
> place called a grocery store.
Ha! I get my veggies from the store, too. I don't get any food in
exchange for my donations. Plus, I don't personally donate the funds.
My company does, in exchange for having our logo on the fence ... not
that anyone in this neighborhood (or many others) has any need for the
things at which I'm adequate. 8^) Anyway, unlike the grocery store, the
community garden donates pounds of food to locals whose income is below
the poverty line and to some shelters. Safeway and Albertson's do
charity work, but it's that large-scale, impersonal type charity. These
smaller scale donations increase the interpersonal interactions within
the neighborhood, effectively mixing the well off with the homeless. 4
of the plots are actually gardened by local families below the poverty
line. They have enough to pay rent at the low income housing about 1
mile away, but very little else. This gives them a chance to garden
with their kids using resources provided by the neighborhood.
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⇒⇐ glen
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