Those of you who are regular listeners may notice that we’re changing from our Coronavirus & Tacoma focus back to our Tacoma’s Talk Show. Why? Well, when we went into lockdown for the COVID-19 virus, we thought it would be for a couple of months, and then we’d be back to something like normal life. It’s clear now, after 16 weeks of working from home, that normal has changed and this is how our life is going to be for quite some time. So, we move on and find interesting topics for Tacoma as 2020 grinds along.
This week on Crossing Division we talk with David Thompson, Director of Tacoma’s Food is Free project. You will want to check out their facebook page and website for information on urban gardens throughout Tacoma with food sharing tables for our neighbors (links below). More than 40 households around the city are growing vegetables in their front yards and parking strips, and making the produce available for free to anyone and everyone. It’s an incredibly simple concept, and yet profound — sharing food with each other and helping each other.
Listen to David’s story and his plans for the future. We don’t know what the future will bring, but having the ability and commitment to growing our own food is important. It helps the air and land; it helps our neighbors who may be struggling; and it helps us connect to nature.
Also, get in touch with your City Councilmember and let them know that urban agriculture is really important to Tacoma, and to protect the Corona Victory Garden on Commerce Street!
- Food is Free Tacoma on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/foodisfreetacoma/
- Food is Free Tacoma website: https://foodisfree253.com/
- David’s phone/text number: 253-677-8848
If you have questions or ideas for future episodes, please get in touch!
Evelyn Lopez: @True_Tacoma truetacoma@gmail.com
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