Garden Day! April 27th, 2013

On Saturday April 27th, MMOC had it's first Garden Day. I must admit that I was a little nervous about organizing an event that was out of my profession. However, when God has his hands in something, it will always work out the way that it is suppose to.

I woke up Saturday morning a little earlier than I had planned, because I needed to meet Mary Jac Brennan (Cooperative Extenstion) in Kernersville at 7:30 am. The orignial time of 8:30 was out the door. Not to mention that I was tired from the night before in which I attended a Women's Conference in Lexington, NC.  Despite fatigue, I was pretty pumped about our Community Garden.
The weather was inconsistent with the forecast. Rainy and Cloudy was predicted, but we actually had some sun mixed in with clouds. My prayers were answered! I was pleasantly suprised with the weather and excited to get the day started.

I met with Mary Jac after my Starbucks run, she supplied us with tomato, cabbage, broccoli, pepper plants and also some seeds. This was very helpful because we only had seeds to work with. After we met, I got into my car headed to the church. I was met by Bishop Fulton who was ready to go. We made a couple of runs and started out tilling the land again. We began picking up more trash which took about an hour. We then began to rake to level the land. After we finished raking the land, we begin to organize our rows by using stakes and thread. While we put seeds in the ground, another group were planting herbs in the garden bed. We had a blast while getting it done! After the lunch break, we planted the flowers.

I was very excited the we accomplished so much. I am looking forward to the harvest!

A Just Cause

We live in a society where food is in abundance, however we still have people who are starving. According to the Feeding America organization, 1 out of 6 people in the the United States are experiencing hunger. It is not a coincidence that our society has been plagued with diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cancers and other illnesses. Food is no longer handle by a few people, it is processed, frozen, reprocessed, packaged and sent to our neighborhood stores to sit on shelves for days. Those who are apart of the "46" percent are struggling with being able to feed their families nutritious and healthy foods with limited to no access. Faith-based organizations such as Mount Moriah Outreach Center in Kernersville, NC recognize that there is a need and are willing to help combat this epidemic by creating a community garden to serve it's members and non-members in the community.

The purpose of this blog is to document the experiences in creating community garden. I am personally using this blog as an outlet that will educate and hopefully inspire those who are reading this blog. I am also going through this transition of learning about food and justice. Change can only happen if we are willing to introduce new habits and embrace new things. 

"Live by learning, learn by educating and educate by changing."

Niesha