1. Community Gardens By Mayona Engdahl

2. Hunger in the US  As of August 2009 36.5 Million people are food stamp recipients (DeParle & Gebeloff New York Times 2009)  Nearly half of all children in the US will be on food stamps at some point in their childhood (Tanner 2009 San Francisco Chronicle)  2009 Holiday Season highest demand in 24 years for the San Francisco County & Alameda County Food Banks.

3. Concept of Foodshed  A “Foodshed” is everything between where a food is produced and where a food is consumed- the land it grows on, the routes it travels, the markets it goes through in order to end up on your table.  It is thought to be best for you to eat food that comes from no further than 200 miles away.  In a recent study by Healthcare concluded the cure for Diabetes Type 2 & Childhood obesity involves eating locally grown food.

4. History of Community Gardens  Economic recession and lack of green space in the urban environment are hardly new problems in the United States. (Lawson 2005)  It is not surprising then that people have organized to create places for people to garden in cities since the 1890’s  Gardens took off during WWI “Liberty Garden,” to face food shortages and became “Victory Gardens” during WWII

5. Golden Gate Community Garden

6. Why Can’t More Land Become Community Gardens?