Slow Food Nation Victory Garden Planting on July 12 in SF Civic Center

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Come Plant the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden!

Starting July 1, Slow Food Nation will herald the end of urban food

deserts with the creation of an ornamental edible garden in the

heart of San Francisco's Civic Center. Created in collaboration with

Victory Gardens 2008+, the Victory Garden project takes its name

from 20th Century wartime efforts to address food shortages by

encouraging citizens to plant gardens on public and private land. In

the early 1940s, gardens sprouted in front yards and vacant lots,

and produced 40 percent of the nation's vegetables. San Francisco's

victory program became one of the best in the country; Golden Gate

Park alone had 250 garden plots.

The Slow Food Nation Victory Garden will demonstrate the potential

of truly local agriculture, bring together and promote Bay Area

gardening organizations and produce high-quality food for those in

need.

On Saturday, July 12, Mayor Gavin Newsom and Slow Food Nation

founder, Alice Waters, will introduce the Slow Food Nation Victory

Garden at San Francisco's Civic Center. Over 100 volunteers and 10

garden leaders will join us to plant the garden. If you are

interested in volunteering, please email:

victorygarden