Port Townsend's Local 2020 has tapped into the home gardening movement as a way to promote stronger communities. Oh, and eat better for less. 3-part series.
Produced by Tom Allen
Food security is an integral part of any transition from globalized, monopolized systems to resilient local ones. For the Transition Town movement, gardening is an easy sell. And community gardening offers the double benefit of food and community involvement. Port Townsend, Washington's Local 2020 has discovered community gardens are an excellent way to build community. Here's the story of how community gardens can build a more cohesive, involved community and how it happened in Jefferson County, Washington. Port Townsend is the County Seat.