Eating from the community garden
By Laura Warden Nordin, 30-year Top Producer in Greater ABQ Real Estate
(Century 21 Camco Realty)
It's pretty much a no-brainer that eating local and organic food is best for one's physical health. It's also a no-brainer that being involved with congenial friends in a tight-knit community is healthiest for one's emotional health. Enter the "Community Garden." Not all of us live out in the country with abundant land for a huge vegetable garden, nor are we all equipped with the knowledge of organic farming methods, or the time and inclination to spend loads of time alone with just nature for company. The community garden enables anyone to get together, swap info, chat and visit a bit while planting or weeding, maybe swap one person's overabundant zucchini for another's superfluity of tomatoes, all while getting completely local and just-picked produce for the table. The Valencia n...
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