Muddy Shoes Presentation 1
Transcript of Muddy Shoes Presentation 1
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NEIU GROUNDa
community garden
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“I’m 1 of 5 children who go hungry
in America…”
“There are 32,999,999 more
hungry people like me
all across the country…”
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Hunger has become a major issue in the U.S.Illinois is one of eight states with a hunger cost over $6 billion
Organizations like the Peterson Garden project are working to change this reality.
http://youtu.be/spHqyfmjwyE
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The Peterson Garden Project has partnered with neighborhoods across the city of Chicago to develop community gardens…
Community gardens are…
single pieces of land gardened collectively by a group of people.
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Gardens improve quality of life for members
of the neighborhood.
Gardens add to the beauty in the community
and awareness of living things.
Eating locally-produced food reduces
fuel consumption.
Gardens are areas of recreation and
exercise, and they reduce stress.
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They date back to World War II…
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Victory Gardens were planted by families in the United States
(the Home Front) to help prevent a food shortage…
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Many schools across the country planted Victory Gardens
on their school grounds and used their produce
in their school lunches…
and…
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Northeastern was the
site of Chicago’s
largest victory garden.
Similar to the one
pictured, it was over
30 acres large.
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March 29, 2014, in conjunction with Peterson Garden Project,
Northeastern Illinois University began building a campus
community garden…
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