Across Kalamazoo more people are becoming passionate about their garden patches, reports the Kalamazoo Gazette.
In 2010, public gardens in Kalamazoo neighborhoods grew from 10 to slightly more than 30, said ShellyClaflin, who coordinates community gardens in Kalamazoo's Oakwood and Vine neighborhoods.
She is putting together a network of gardeners for Fair Food Matters, a Kalamazoo-based nonprofit that promotes locally grown food.
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Home-grown food just tastes better than store-bought food, said Bernie Foulk, 36, an organist at the First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo.
But it's more than that.
The couple, who are both vegetarian, feel a special connection to growing their own food — the ripe purple eggplant, sweet potatoes, baby spinach and walnuts falling off the tree.
"It's like a quality of life," Lin Foulk said. "What you're eating is who you are."
To find out what others have to say about their gardens, read the
rest of the story.
Souce: Kalamazoo Gazette
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