Grapevine Newsletter of Project Grow - Summer 2000

Edited by Jennifer Martin , Occidental College Community Food Security Project: An affiliate of the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI). Illustrations by Joe Linton. For more information or to send in letters, articles, photos, drawings,... More

Edited by Jennifer Martin , Occidental College Community Food Security Project: An affiliate of the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI). Illustrations by Joe Linton. For more information or to send in letters, articles, photos, drawings, calendar listings or other entries, call (831) 466-0755. Project GROW is sponsored by the California Department of Health Services. On a recent night at the San Leandro Shelter, a dozen children between the ages of two and fourteen worked planting vegetable seeds in the garden. Before beginning they had been asked to think about the ways plants and people are similar: “People and plants both need sun and water. ” “People and plants need to be protected when they’re little. ” “Sometimes they’re scared in new places. ” “They both grow. ” At the San Leandro Shelter for Women and Children, Project GROW has focused on children’s gardening and horticultural therapy. Because the shelter is urban – with an asphalt backyard – community volunte Less