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\"31<\/p>\n

Community<\/strong> n. Common enjoyment; participation; a body of people having common interests.<\/em><\/p>\n

Community Food Projects\u00a0bring people together in local communities\u00a0of all ages, abilities and social backgrounds, where they\u00a0share knowledge and interact.<\/p>\n

What do participants gain from being involved in a Community Garden or Community Food Project?<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. They learn new skills and how growing, harvesting and eating your own food is good for both mental and physical health.<\/li>\n
  2. They learn about the seasonality of food and pick up recipe ideas and new cooking techniques.<\/li>\n
  3. They try out different foods and flavours that were once popular but may not be available in supermarkets.<\/li>\n
  4. They’re encouraged to grow their own food at home in tandem with the community food project.<\/li>\n
  5. They learn how successes and failures of growing food are ‘normal’.<\/li>\n
  6. They have a better appreciation of how difficult it can be to grow food without using chemicals and why organic food is generally more expensive at markets and in shops.<\/li>\n
  7. They’re more likely to shop locally, searching out better quality foods and flavours.<\/li>\n
  8. Participants have a better appreciation of their community.<\/li>\n
  9. Community gardens are available to people on a tight budget.<\/li>\n
  10. Participants will have learnt a basic life skill – they will know that whatever happens, they will be able to provide food for themselves and their families.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This list could go on.\u00a0There’s room for a community garden everywhere.\u00a0 As the Goresbridge project
    \nshows, you only need a small scrap of land to create one and an enthusiastic couple of people to get one up and running. So why not give it a go.<\/p>\n

    If you know of any community gardens running in your area I’d love to hear about them.\u00a0 Please leave a comment or link with details so I can follow it up, or send me a\u00a0message,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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