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Community garden nonprofit now manages county farm
TIM KROHN, Mankato Free Press
June 2, 2021
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MANKATO, Minn. (AP) The Living Earth Center on Good Counsel Hill has for 30 years welcomed area residents to use the two-acre community garden.
For 10 years, Blue Earth County’s one-acre Community Farm near Mount Kato developed into a gardening plot but was moved twice in the past couple of years as County Road 1 was reconstructed.
Recently Living Earth took over management of the Community Farm.
“At the community garden people are growing their own food and at the farm volunteers are growing food that’s donated to the community,” said Laura Peterson, Living Earth Center executive director.
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Southern Minnesota community garden expands to community farm, gathering place
Over the years, the Living Earth nonprofit grew from a small community garden and advocacy group to a larger network of gardeners, volunteers and community members who attend classes about gardening.
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Svetlana Amende crouches down to plant some of her produce into the ground at the community garden plots at the Living Earth Center in Mankato. Amende moved to town almost 20 years ago from Russia and heard about the community gardens through word of mouth. This is her sixth summer planting vegetables. She said she was happy to meet fellow community members from all walks of life and learning from them. Hannah Yang / MPR News