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Tower garden project1/14/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() Galilee will partner with Ramona Big Eagle, an environmental engineer and cultural educator, of the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina. The Tower Garden project will have its public launch at the Galilee Center later this spring. There will even be opportunities to sell produce at farmers’ markets and to learn about financial literacy and sustainability. The vision is that as a community, all will share together, learn together as they grow together, share stories together, harvest together, eat together, share recipes together and relate to each other. Galilee’s Tower Garden is an opportunity to close this gap by teaching people to plant, grow and harvest their own food. Why garden without soil? Many in urban and local communities are from areas that are food deserts with little to no access to fresh or affordable produce. Tower gardens will complement the Galilee Community Garden, an edible garden, grown outdoors in the soil. Tower gardens are used to grow a variety of fresh, nutritious fruits, vegetable and herbs using light and water and without soil. The planned activity for the Tower Garden is to bring people together to seed, water, attend and harvest fruits and vegetables grown in hydroponic gardens (a.k.a. This spring, they are adding the Galilee Tower Garden to their offerings, bringing together people from various races, ethnicities, cultures, faiths, socio-economic backgrounds and ages for bridge building with the community. Galilee Ministries hosts a variety of nonprofits, providing vital services to the community, including English classes, citizenship classes, life skills classes, after-school programs, a food pantry, gleaned fresh vegetables and a culinary certificate program. Joanne Stevenson Jenkins, Galilee Ministries of East Charlotte, Co-Chair Board of Directorsįrom its inception, Galilee Ministries of East Charlotte has been dedicated to serving their local neighbors, providing a welcoming place of learning, service and fellowship and serving as a meeting place for refugees, immigrants and other residents of the city. The harvest is what Galilee is known for…feeding people and growing food." The harvest is community building and strengthening. ![]()
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