Did you know that in WWII 40% of the produce grown in the US was grown in Victory Gardens? During the height of the war there were 4.8 million Victory Gardens grown by every day citizens in their yards and vacant lots.

Later in the early 1990s, Cuba faced a huge energy and food crises. The Cuban’s were heavily subsidized by Russia and when the Soviet Union fell, they lost 80% of their food exports practically overnight. The fuel that ran their heavily industrialized agriculture dried up also. Their answer was very similar to our Victory Gardens, and it worked.

Join us in a presentation and discussion on how these instances pertain to our current times, and how community and private gardening can be a positive catalyst for dealing with current and future challenges.