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COMMUNITY GARDENS
A GREAT WAY TO GROW COMMUNITY
LA CRESCENT COMMUNITY GARDEN
La Crescent Community Garden is a project of the La Crescent Area Healthy Community Partnership in collaboration with Messiah Lutheran Church. Since 2006, the garden has promoted organic methods and encouraged people to eat seasonally and locally by bringing local residents together to grow and harvest
vegetables. Located
at Jonathan Lane and North 9th Street, the garden is divided into plots for community members, who share their produce with the local food shelf.
KANE STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN
The Kane Street Community Garden, established in 1998, is a pro- gram of the Hunger Task Force. It is located at the corner of Kane and St. Cloud streets on La Crosse’s north side. The community garden grows nearly 30,000 pounds of produce each year, which is distributed on-site to individuals and families, the majority of whom are low- income. Surplus produce is incorporated into the Hunger Task Force Food Recovery program, which collects the donated food and distrib- utes it to 64 meal sites, food pantries, and youth programs in La Crosse, Vernon, Monroe and Trempealeau counties. In addition to growing, the garden program educates recipients, volunteers and community mem- bers on growing, preparation, storage and use of the produce received.
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THE LA CROSSE AREA’S GROWING EXPERIENCE past | present | future
PHOTO: Hunger Task Force