During the Alltech Symposium the media had an opportunity to take an urban garden tour. I could not make it but I did meet the tour guide, Rebecca Self, Education Director for Seedleaf.
The purpose of Seedleaf is to increase the amount, affordability, nutritional value, and sustainability of food available to people at risk of hunger in central Kentucky.
Rebecca says their goal is to nourish the community in Lexington and with an agricultural connection. She says they hope to be a bridge for urban people to understand where their food comes from. The urban garden tour was set up to showcase some of the downtown gardens they’ve helped foster.
She says the education information they provide covers all aspects of building, planting and caring for an urban garden. The organization is relatively new having started in 2008.
You can listen to my interview with Rebecca below.