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To forget how to dig
the earth and to tend
the soil is to forget ourselves.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
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We are Wholesome Wave's second Miami partner! As part of their national Double Value Coupon Incentive program, Wholesome Wave will be funding our farmers market SNAP matching dollars (up to $10 per person, per market day when spent on fresh fruits and vegetables). SNAP was formerly known as food stamps, and gives our most food-insecure neighbors the opportunity to get sufficient daily nutrition. Unfortunately, in food desert neighborhoods, fresh produce is either not available, or of poor quality, and is often sold at gas stations, liquor stores, or corner stores which have a large stock of processed, nutrient-poor foods. By bringing a farmers market to the neighborhood, with fresh, high-quality local produce, offering cooking, health and nutrition education, and accepting SNAP benefits, we can really make a difference in nutrition and eating habits of residents.

Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation is our partner is the City of Opa-Locka, where we are making 40 food gardens in 2012, with additional partnership from War on Poverty and funding from the Florida Blue Foundation.

Jesse Trice Center for Community Health is our partner in health and wellness for the Brownsville/Liberty City/Hialeah areas.

Paradise Farms made us the beneficiary of the 2010-2011 season's Dinners in Paradise, and donated garden beds for homeless shelters and individual homes in Liberty City. www.paradisefarms.net

Chef Aria Kagan of the Next Food Network Star and Eats Good began as a volunteer, helping us create edible gardens in the under-served neighborhood of Liberty City, she then invited us to partner with her and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. She has  donated her charity contribution from Cooking with the Stars to us.





In the under-served Miami neighborhood of Liberty City, past and present:

Belafonte Tacolcy Center www.tacolcy.org
Inner City Youth of South Florida/Project Hope in Liberty City, led by Pastor Anthony Dawkins.
African Heritage Cultural Arts Center
Jesse Trice Center for Community Health has partnered to make fresh local food a health priority, and will host a farmers market beginning in November 2011, with health screenings, nutrition info, cooking demos.
YouthLEAD helps prepare the next generation of good food activists, and will perform outreach for inner city farmers markets.
Architecture for Humanity has supported us with volunteers, and we will be teaching edible gardening to residents of Good Shepherd Villas, housing for formerly homeless folks in Liberty City:  www.afhmiami.org
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority- these women graduated from historically black colleges and universities and dedicate themselves to a lifetime of community service. We are partnering with them to teach volunteers of a new community garden for seniors.






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