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Cake day: June 24th, 2024

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  • I think the value of such a project goes far beyond providing food. It builds community and gives everyone (especially young people) something meaningful to do. Therefore leading away from harmful pastimes and substance abuse.

    It connects the fruit of the labour to the effort and provides real life education. It also keeps money or time investment in the neighbourhood. Instead of one giant conglomerate like Walmart.

    Moreover, it builds a base to keep alive the good taste of produce. If everything was maxxed out for efficiency (and capitalism) we would have one strain or breed of every fruit instead of the thousands of heritage breeds that still exist today. They were created by neighbours sharing seeds or saplings.

    Take tomatoes for example: the ones in the shops taste awful. Watery and wooden, but not like a tomato should. If you’ve ever grown some, you know how delicious good tomatoes are. A community garden can even grow local, native fruits that are economically inviable, because they bruise easily, have a bad shelf life or what have you.