How Community Gardens Connect Seniors to Fresh Food and to Their Pasts

Melissa Miller, manager of Common Good City Farm in Washington, D.C., knew that her organization’s new intergenerational gardening program would transform seniors’ relationships to food. She knew the program would provide seniors with fresher produce, a chance to exercise, a sense of community, and better overall physical health. She didn’t anticipate, though, that it would also bring back memories.
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