“What’s critical is that 70 percent of the people in these towns and in Price George’s County are either overweight, obese or have diabetes or other kinds of diet-related ailments because they don’t have access to healthy food.”
Fresh produce turns into a feast at Eco City Farms. (Rosanne Skirble/VOA).
ECO City Farms offer several programs, including educational activities on agriculture, food and finding jobs with environmentally friendly businesses. People can also learn how to cook healthier foods and teach others how to prepare meals.
On a recent day, Philip Sidibe demonstrated his cooking skills. He prepared Aloco, a popular food in Cameroon, where he grew up.
“For the plantains you’ve got to cut them in slices and then you’ve got to fry them.”
He and other young people not only cook their food -- they also grow it in a large garden next to the Autumn Woods Apartments. The apartments are home to one thousand people, but the community has just one small store.
Margaret Morgan Hubbard says the urban garden is an agent for change and the young people are its newest supporters.
“Our program is about planting seeds, not just in the ground, but in other human beings so that the movement can grow”
She says this means not only farming food, but also making that food available to people who live in the community.
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