Community Garden Ground Breaking

On September 29, Bay Area Food Bank, in collaboration with the Center for Family and Community Development, broke ground on its new community garden with the help of high school students from UMS Wright and preschoolers from Greenfields West Early Childhood Development Center. 

The students, along with members from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Mobile County Master Gardeners Association helped us start our first garden at our main branch in Theodore, AL. 

This initial community garden is the start of a countywide community garden initiative that will include micro gardens at afterschool snack and summer lunch sites with the food bank’s garden serving as the main educational site for the project.  Plans for the food bank’s garden include composting bins, rain barrels, and recycling containers to teach children not only about the basics of gardening, but also promote environmental awareness, volunteerism, sustainability and the importance of giving back to the community.  In addition to education, the food bank’s community garden will provide fresh produce which may otherwise be unavailable for distribution to those in need our service area.