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Victory Gardens
Tucked away in South Minneapolis is one of just two Victory
Gardens nationwide still in active use. The gardens at Dowling School in
Minneapolis and the Fenway Victory Garden in Boston are the only two remaining
gardens left of the approximately 20 million nationwide in use during World War
II. Minneapolis alone had more than 130,000 gardens during the war.
Victory Gardens began in 1942 as a nationwide effort to encourage home gardens.
Eating Green to $ave Green
As food costs soar and people become more conscious about
their food decisions, it's time to rethink the way we shop for food. Michael
Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In
Defense of Food, advises, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
This can be applied to budget reasons as well as health reasons. ‘Eat food'-buy
real oatmeal in bulk rather than processed hot or cold cereals. ‘Not too much'-obviously
less food (conventional or organic) in your cart means a smaller bill and
Community Supported Agriculture
What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)? At their most fundamental level, CSA farms provide a weekly delivery of organically grown produce to consumers during the growing season (approximately June to October in Minnesota). Those consumers, in turn, pay a subscription fee. But CSA consumers don't so much ''buy" food from particular farms as become ''members" of those farms.
