Video: Cities Feed the Hungry with Locally Grown Produce
October 15 2009 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
GroGood Community Gardens in Washington D.C., Miami, Chicago and
Marysville MARYSVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- With countless
Americans from all walks of life struggling to put food on their
table, communities across the country have discovered alternative
ways to help locally. GroGood gardens in Washington D.C., Miami,
Chicago and Marysville, Ohio have all made significant differences
to help feed the hungry. To view the Multimedia News Release, go
to: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/scotts/40524/ (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091015/NY92802 ) Washington,
D.C. All summer long, the children from the GroGood community
garden harvested vegetables and donated approximately 100 pounds of
produce each week to D.C. Central Kitchen, the local area food
bank. Inspired by the success of the GroGood community garden, D.C.
Parks & Recreation plans to install community gardens in all of
their sites in 2010. Miami The GroGood community garden inspired
Keep Miami Beautiful to mentor a group for Miami citizens
interested in starting more gardens. As a result, four new gardens
have been created with another planned for this November. The
gardeners hope to donate all produce for the Thanksgiving "Love
Feast," an annual Thanksgiving meal for the homeless sponsored by
New Birth Food Kitchen. Chicago The GroGood community garden
provided an educational, fun and inspirational place for
neighborhood kids to hang out. In the true spirit of volunteerism,
the community advocate welcomed neighborhood children to learn how
to grow food to feed their families and loved ones. Extra harvest
was donated to Inspiration Cafe, the local area food bank.
Marysville, Ohio The Marysville Food Pantry has received over
3,000+ pounds of fresh produce this summer from the GroGood
ScottsMiracle-Gro Associate Gardens. These donations provided
vegetables to more than 100 local families each week -- something
the food pantry had not done previously. Earlier this year,
ScottsMiracle-Gro, Plant a Row for the Hungry and Feeding America
announced a national campaign to fight hunger, the GroGood program,
encouraging produce donations from gardens to help local food banks
meet the growing demand for food. In addition to donating 1 million
pounds of produce to Feeding America, ScottsMiracle-Gro encouraged
Americans to match their donation and supported the development of
community gardens with Plant a Row for the Hungry across the U.S.
With the holidays approaching, it is important to give back by
raising awareness of hunger issues and identifying ways to support
local food agencies. Please visit http://www.feedingamerica.org/
for ways to fight hunger and http://www.grogood.com/ or
http://www.gardenwriters.org/ for more information on gardening for
the greater good. About The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company With nearly
$3 billion in worldwide sales and more than 6,000 associates, The
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
The Scotts Company LLC, is the world's largest marketer of branded
consumer products for lawn and garden care, with products for
professional horticulture as well. The Company's brands are the
most recognized in the industry. In the U.S., the Company's
Scotts®, Miracle-Gro®, Ortho® and Smith & Hawken brands are
market-leading in their categories, as is the consumer Roundup®
brand, which is marketed in North America and most of Europe
exclusively by Scotts and owned by Monsanto. In the U.S., the
Company operates Scotts LawnService®, the second largest
residential lawn service business. In Europe, the Company's brands
include Weedol®, Pathclear®, Evergreen®, Levington®, Miracle-Gro®,
KB®, Fertiligene® and Substral®. For additional information, visit
us at http://www.scotts.com/. About Plant a Row for the Hungry
Plant a Row for the Hungry (PAR) is a public service program of the
Garden Writers Association Foundation founded in 1995 by Jeff
Lowenfels, a former president of the Garden Writers Association,
newspaper columnist and radio/television host based in Anchorage,
Alaska. PAR helps create local volunteer committees to support
charities and relief programs designed to help feed the hungry by
providing a focal point to connect the gardening community with
food pantries, churches and other civic organizations. With over
27,000 volunteers in 50 states and an affiliate in Canada called
Grow a Row, PAR has helped donate more than 14 million pounds of
produce, representing 48 million meals, to local organizations. For
more information about Plant a Row for the Hungry, visit
http://www.gardenwriters.org/. About Feeding America (Formerly
America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network) Feeding
America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel
to survive and even thrive. As the nation's leading domestic
hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than
25 million Americans each year, including 9 million children and 3
million seniors. Serving the entire United States, more than 200
member food banks operate 63,000 agencies that address hunger in
all of its forms. For more information on how you can fight hunger
in your community and across the country, visit
http://www.feedingamerica.org/. Media Contacts Only: 937.644.7410
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