Susan Antler talks about sharing the harvest with food banks and the Plant • Grow • Share a Row program.
Sharing with Community
Susan Antler joins us to talk about the Plant • Grow • Share a Row program.
This program helps groups and individuals to grow extra vegetables to share with nearby food banks and soup kitchens.
First Step
As a first step, Antler suggests connecting with a local food agency to find out what is needed, and also find out details such as delivery days and times.
Another way to get started is to connect with a group of like-minded people in the community who want to grow to share.
Plant • Grow • Share a Row Program
The goals of the program include:
Helping people plant extra vegetables to share at harvest time
Providing seeds to participants
Sharing gardening knowledge
Connect
Antler is the executive director of The Compost Council of Canada. Along with the Plant • Grow • Share a Row program, she and her team organize Soupalicious, a fall soup-tasting and harvest celebration.
Plant • Grow • Share a Row: growarow.org
Soupalicious: soupalicious.ca
Compost Council of Canada: compost.org
If this episode piqued your interest in growing to share, tune in to the April 2021 episode entitled Civil Disobedience with Vegetables, where Marie Helen Jacques tells us about a garden built atop a soup kitchen in Quebec City.