[Community_garden] Victory Garden Talk in Richmond, CA-Thursday, 5/29/0 at 7:00 pm

[Betsy Johnson]

This is a terrific presentation.

Betsy Johnson
11 1/2 Greenwich Park
Boston, MA 02118
617-536-1711   betsy at bgjohnson.com

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> On Thursday May 29th at 7:00 pm Food and Society Policy Fellow Rose
> Hayden-Smith will give a free talk about Victory Gardens (see press release
> below) at the Martin Luther King Community Center in Richmond. This talk is
> sponsored by the 5% Local Coalition, Rosie the Riveter/Homefront National Park
> and the City of Richmond.
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> Press Release
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> Victory Gardens in America during two World Wars
> or  
> How History Can Help Us Achieve ³Victory² for Healthy Food in Today¹s
> Communities
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> The Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, the 5%
> Local
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> Coalition & City of Richmond will sponsor a free public talk, ³Sowing the
> Seeds of Victory: Gardening in America during World War I & II,² by historian
> and educator Rose Hayden-Smith on Thursday, May 29,
>   
> 2008 from 7:00 ­ 8:30 pm at Martin Luther King Community Center, 360 Harbour
> Way South, Richmond,
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> California.
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> Tens of thousands of people flocked to newly industrializing cities in the US
> during World War II ­
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> including Richmond, home to historic Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 and the Rosie the
> Riveter/World War II
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> Home Front National Historical Park. The ³home front² was not just about home
> front workers making
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> ships and tanks. People created new communities while they worked to support
> the war effort, bringing
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> their cultures and traditions with them. Diverse food traditions flourished in
> victory gardens planted
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> throughout the nation in backyards, vacant lots, schools, and public parks.
> Americans grew 40% of the produce consumed nationwide during World War II.
>   
> Rose Hayden-Smith will discuss how average Americans changed the course of
> history during two worldwars through community and backyard gardens. A 4-H
> Youth Development Advisor and Master
>   
> Gardener Coordinator with the University of California Division of Agriculture
> and Natural Resources in
>   
> Ventura County, Hayden-Smith will discuss how communities can learn from their
> own history and
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> address pressing public health and environmental concerns by growing fresh,
> healthy food in
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> neighborhood & backyard community gardens.
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> Directions: Take Harbour Way South exit off Hwy 580.Drive north. MLK Center is
> at Harbour Way and
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> Virginia (one block above Cutting Blvd.). Park in MLK Center parking lot on
> right or on street.
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> United States Department of the Interior
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> NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
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> Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
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> 1401 Marina Way South
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> Richmond, California 94804
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> May 22, 2008
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> For release: Immediately
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>  
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> Contact:
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> Carla Koop, Community Outreach Coordinator
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> Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park
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> 1401 Marina Way South
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> Richmond, CA 94804
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> Phone: 510-232-5050, Fax: 510-232-5504
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> Carla_koop at nps.gov
> 
> 


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Urban Tilth cultivates urban agriculture in West Contra Costa County to help
our community build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system. We
work with schools, community-based organizations, government agencies,
businesses, and individuals to develop the capacity to produce 5% of our own
food supply. Learn more at http://5percentlocal.blogspot.com
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