USDA’s People’s Garden is a bounty of health and community
I recently visited the People’s Garden, which is located on the grounds of the Agriculture Department adjacent to the National Mall. The USDA is ramping up investment in urban agriculture — $157 million proposed for 2024 — and the People’s Garden was a good place to look for the kind of bounty we might expect.The garden was lush with Swiss chard, cabbage, broccoli, kale and Brussels sprouts. A newly planted food forest of fig, apple and pear trees was also bearing fruit.
“In gardening, nobody is perfect; we all make mistakes,” he said. “Plants die. So, you plant more. Sometimes, the weather doesn’t cooperate. It’s not the end of the world. Just try again. Eventually, you’ll find the right plant for the right time, and you’ll be happy that you learned to grow your own food.”
Another volunteer, Maggie Brown, walked over to Penso holding a plant that she’d accidentally pruned. “I thought it was dill,” she said. Penso took a look, said it was cilantro.Of course, the fundamentals of gardening remain the same: plant a seed and try to harvest it before the deer and squirrels do.
The White House veggie garden continued to grow during the Trump years and now flourishes under the care of First Lady Jill Biden. The People’s Garden initiative At the Agriculture Department was managed by the Farm Journal Foundation during the Trump years and showcased agricultural production but has now returned to its original mission spotlighting community gardening.
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