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Garden Leader Profile: Lily Chan

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Lily ChanMeet Lily Chan, co-leader at the Interfaith Garden.

In 2009, the Columbia Climate Change Coalition approached avid gardener Lily Chan through her church. One of the coalition’s sub-groups, Interfaith Care for Creation, initiated a new interfaith gardening project where people from different spiritual communities work together. Their goal was to grow organic fruits and vegetables for the needy, while listening to their spiritual calling to take care of God’s creation. Chan embraced the project and began recruiting volunteers within her congregation.

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Take the Community Food Survey

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A coalition of groups has come together to produce this survey to help understand access to food for families in Columbia. To get accurate information, they need people from all income levels, neighborhoods and walks of life to fill out this quick survey. Complete the survey here; it only took me about 10 minutes.

You’ll also have the opportunity to enter your name (which is kept separate from their survey!!) into a drawing to win football tickets and $20 gift cards at local restaurants and grocery stores. This is part of the Unite for Healthy Neighborhoods program, funded by a Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Community Garden Bike Tour

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Bike Tour at Circus LyonsOn Saturday, June 18, the Community Garden Coalition teamed up with the PedNet Coalition for a bike tour of some of Columbia’s finest community gardens. Michelle Windmoeller of PedNet led the group as we cycled from garden to garden. Visiting a diverse array of gardens, we got a taste for what’s growing around town, from the Coalition’s newest garden at the Health Department to the chickens at the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture’s demonstration garden.

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World Kitchen Garden Day

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On August 28, folks around the world will be celebrating World Kitchen Garden Day, “an annual, decentralized celebration of food produced on a human-scale.” Late August is great time to plan a party and enjoy all those ripe tomatoes and peppers. Get some ideas here for ways to celebrate. And let us know in the comments if you’re planning an event.