Welcome to Gainesville Giving Garden, a community led non-profit farm, which strives to enable equitable access to quality food and the benefits that come with healthy eating! Located in Gainesville, Florida, this garden exemplifies what can be accomplished with inspiration, some hard work, a strong community spirit and a passion for humanity. Meg Boria-Meyer grew up in Maine with parents who were avid gardeners. Her father bought a hobby farm where Meg spent much of her time in her younger years. The Gainesville Giving Garden was catalyzed during the pandemic. Food insecurity during COVID inspired Meg, who by this time had enough farming experience under her belt to get a community garden up and running. Meg feels that food is the medicine that fuels us and determines whether we succeed and whether our children succeed. The generational cycles of poverty can only end when there is truly nutritious food available […]
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