I am Mary Ellen Honsaker, Director of the Dubois Community Food Bank of St. Thomas Church. Through the Food Bank I had a chance at a grant 9 years ago to turn a fenced old and unused playground into a Community Garden – the success of which led to the Food Bank opening a Farmers’…

The goal of the hoop house was to increase production and consumption of fresh local grown produce in Buffalo and surrounding areas. At last year’s farmer’s market, we typically sold out in the first hour. After completing the hoop house my season expanded fromJune to September to March to October with a production increase of…

“I’m amazed that anything grew! Carrot seeds were planted two inches in the ground,” relays Master Gardener and Boys & Girls Club of Douglas Youth Development Professional, Mary Sonesen. “We started our garden club by deciding what kind of vegetables we wanted to plant, then we worked the ground and purchased the seeds and plants.…