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
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Living Earth Center partners with county to manage Blue Earth County Community Farm
Living Earth Center partners with county to manage Blue Earth County Community Farm By Bernadette Heier | March 16, 2021 at 8:51 PM CDT - Updated March 16 at 8:52 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Living Earth Center, known for its community gardens where people can grow their own food is expanding its local produce donation capacity.
The Living Earth Center has partnered with Blue Earth County to take over the management of the Blue Earth County Community Farm.
“What I love about this opportunity is it really provides a layer where the community can come together and help address a lot of the challenges our entire community faces. (Such as) issues of food insecurity, issues of sustainability,” explained Living Earth Executive Director Laura Peterson.