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DescriptionABOUT THIS VIDEO
Nicholas Cortez decided to take up gardening in some of the worst
growing conditions in America. It was not because he needed a new hobby.
It was because he needed to survive. Cortez lives in a place called
Nuestro Barrio southeast of Phoenix. It was a small place with about 320
homes. The area was already poor before the recession. Now it’s barely
surviving, even the one and old grocery store is gone. Nicholas and his
neighbors turned to a group called Arizona Homegrown Solutions to teach
them to survive. As Nicholas’ story shows, it’s starting to work. DIG DEEPER
- Ready to start your first vegetable garden but need a few pointers on how to begin? Explore GardenGuides.Com
- America's Grow a Row
helps farms and community gardens get food to food banks and pantries.
If you are a farmer and can donate some land to the America’s Grow a Row
program, please click here. Dinner Garden
provides seeds, gardening supplies, and gardening advice free of charge
to all people in the USA. They assist those in need in establishing
food security for their families. Their goal is for people to plant
home, neighborhood, and container gardens so they can use the vegetables
they grow for food and income.
- Intentional Community is
an inclusive term for ecovillages, co-housing communities, residential
land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives,
intentional living, alternative communities, cooperative living, and
other projects where people strive together with a common vision. Visit IC.org
- Start, move to or simply learn from an Eco-Village near you. Visit gen.ecovillage.org to learn about this growing international movement.
- Garden Web is an online community for gardeners, guiding them on how to help other gardeners by sharing questions and concerns.
- The National Gardening Association offers an array of gardening content for backyard gardeners, including "how to" information and free e-newsletters.
- The food gardens in Nuestro Barrio will provide this community with a
source for fresh and healthy fruits and vegetables. Residents who
participate in the program will not only gain in savings, but will also
have access to fresh foods that will make their diets healthier. Watch Oprah Winfrey’s interview with food expert Michael Pollan and see why Americans everywhere will greatly benefit from eating more fresh foods.
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