Gardening to promote social justice
When members of the evaluation team asked Community Garden clients if
they had reasons for participating in the program that were "other" than the
reasons listed in the instrument a full 27 percent said they participated "to
give away food" (see Table 5.1 in previous chapter). Nearly all the volunteers
in the Field of Dreams (Kenosha pantry) effort offered this reason. When
asked to assess local hunger issues, all 12 Field of Dreams gardeners said they
believed hunger was a problem in Kenosha, and nearly half said they knew
someone personally who was suffering from hunger Of those volunteers
who maintained their own gardens, nearly three-quarters said they had
donated vegetables to the hungry in the past, and the same number said
they expected to donate in the future. See Table 6.3.