Urgan Gardening in Orlando

BoxWithRakeJust want to share a link to a nice write up in the O-Sentinel about Urban Gardening titled:”Our future FarmVille?” by Víctor Manuel Ramos.  While I knew about the Winter Park Health Foundations $150k grant for community gardens in our area it was news to me that:

“The University of Central Florida partnered with the city-managed Get Active Orlando fitness initiative to provide thousands of dollars for the Orlando community gardens — funded through a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for programs encouraging physical activity.”

Thank you Victor for the coverage and hats off to Patty Sheehan and other City Commissioners for supporting the community gardening effort.

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