Ginat Kesher.
It's a garden begun by members of Kehilat Kesher, a modern Orthodox synagogue in Tenafly/Englewood, NJ. It was begun by several of us from the "Green Shuls Committee".
How'd we get this crazy idea?
For two previous years we participated in a CSA (Consumer Supported Agriculture) program during the summer, purchasing shares of vegetables from a local organic farmer.
Our goals:
-to support a local farmer
-to have organic produce
-to cut down the "food miles" our vegetables traveled
-to reduce the distance between our food's origins and our mouths, thereby helping us and our children to be more sensitive and aware where our food comes from!
However, our farmer was no longer available this year.
So, with a committee of just a few people with some diverse skills (a good people organizer, a couple of experienced gardeners, some folks who like directing kids and a bunch more people willing to go along for the ride) we decided to plant our own.
We're starting modestly this year and hope that in future years we can expand.
Whatever we grow, we'll eat, bring to shul, or donate.
No comments:
Post a Comment