Second Nature

Harvesting Hope in Community Gardens


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Often on urban lots, behind chain link fences, adorned with hand-painted signs, plots burgeoning with fruits, vegetables, and flowers, flanked by compost piles — the humble community garden feels like a salve for so much that ails us. 


On this Community Voices episode, we're going from Los Angeles to Brazil to hear how community gardens have brought people much more than fresh fruits and vegetables. With food prices on the rise and so many of us losing touch with the abundance of our communities, we thought it’d be nice to hear how community gardens have helped you, our community.


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Episode Credits

  • Listener contributions: Dr. Sheridan Ross, Alexa Rivera, Clara, Nick Blocha, Camille
  • Editing and engineer: Evan Goodchild‍
  • Hosting and production: Katelan Cunningham
  • (00:00) - Introduction and the origin of community gardens
  • (03:49) - Dr. Sheridan Ross in Compton Community Garden
  • (06:54) - Nick in Illinois
  • (09:05) - Camille in San Diego, California
  • (10:29) - Alexa in Los Angeles, California
  • (13:10) - Clara in Floripa, Brazil
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