Week 3

Tuesday

I will call Tuesday’s class the round table class as we sat in a circle to discuss the poverty stimulation experience the previous week. I was delighted to hear some colleagues mention how fortunate they are after their experience at the stimulation. The instructor also drew our attention to the fact that the stimulation has provided an avenue for us to rethink before we go out judging people while performing our duties.

With the number of people being food insecure increasing to 14.6%, there is a possibility that ailment associated with food insecurity would also increase as people may continue to skip meals or purchase food with less or no nutritional value. With 27.2% of Southeastern Ohio population being food insecure, it is my hope that the advocacy for community gardening will catch up with people so they can complement their earnings from the gardens with the ones that are provided by the American government and philanthropists.

Thursday

There is a saying that “practice what you preach”. Since some of us will find ourselves in the future informing people about the importance of gardening, Thursday provided first timer like me the opportunity to see how community garden looks like. I finally found the site after driving around for about ten minutes. I guess it gave me the opportunity to explore some part of Athens.

Paddy, the assistant manager of the garden was very informative. I believe a community garden leads to a united community, as Paddy informed that people take turns to share the equipment at the garden. Having been shown our plot, my group members and I are ready to get into action. It was a sunny day and I believe we all left the community garden with something useful to the body. Guess what? VITAMIN D!