What do you know about diabetes? We want your input! This year RootDown will start to address diabetes more directly. Many of our students' families are affected by diabetes, and so we want to develop programming to help them make dietary changes the RootDown LA way - keeping it simple, affordable and yes, even FUN to eat more low-glycemic foods (you know, like veggies). Have you dealt with diabetes, taken classes, found helpful online/book/community resources that you would want to share with us? Contact megan AT rootdownla DOT ORG.
Back to School and Into the Garden
The Cultivars are an amazing group of students, activists, families and friends. They just completed this amazing garden at Nuevo South. They even saved a peach tree and existing cacti.
They've been busy over by WE CAN too, and recently completed Michel's garden too.
Here's a big shout out to our project managers, Corinna G and the amazing Camille from "The Nature of Things". They always keep the crew on task, They're there to answer questions, lend a hand, encourage and grow the Cultivars to massive action. Not to mention product hook up and installation management.
We have many more gardens to install in the next twelve months, in accordance with our USDA grant. Would you like to help? Jump in! We can hook you up. And as always, any financial assistance is always appreciated.
The kids have been highly motivated and full of action. We have another class of Cultivars in session as I write this. Our goal is to create roots in the neighborhood and a sense of community that creates demand for fair, fresh and abundant food. It's working.
Veggie Love. The Cultivars like to play with the harvests.
