Food is essential for life. But how, when, and where we get food can be eye-opening. In this episode, we talk about community gardens (especially those contributing to food pantries), spiritual ties to land and gardens, nutrients in soil, food, and our bodies, composting, and food waste. Small gardens and farms are a great way to build community – from the “ground” up.

Do you have a small farm, or a community or food pantry garden? A food story to tell? Send us your ideas, photos or video: ecovideo@archatl.com or tag us in your social media post @Archatl

Schedule and Events: https://livehealthygwinnett.com/

Volunteer: https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/departments/communityservices/volunteergwinnett

Connect with the church: https://archatl.com/ (search “garden”)

Produced in educational collaboration with Georgia Gwinnett College, and sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

Special thanks to:

Brandon Seay, Program Supervisor, Live Healthy Gwinnett

The gardeners at Rhodes Jordan Community Garden

The students and faculty of Georgia Gwinnett College

Fr. Sunny Punnakuziyil, M.S.F.S

Leo Payne and Amy Krysiek, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Lilburn chapter

Production Manager: Mary Ziegler-Martin - MzM Creative Services

Videography: Ivan Zapata, Dante Bailey, John Nelson, Tom Mills, Trevor Mills, Mary Ziegler-Martin

Editors: Tom Mills, Ivan Zapata Writers: Mary Ziegler-Martin, Tom Mills

Music: “Made for Magic” - Jordan Childs (Premium Beats)

More information:

• Laudato Si Action Plan: https://archatl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/laudato-si-action-plan-final-enlinks.pdf

• https://svdpgeorgia.org (St. Vincent de Paul Society)

• https://www.acfb.org (Atlanta Community Food Bank)

• https://www.feedingamerica.org

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