Dig deep, and reap what you sow."
Begun in February 2018

Overview

Specifications
"Dig Deep" is a community-wide basic gardening initiative to educate and gather for the purpose of helping people to understand our bodies’ connection with food, how it is grown, and the nutritional benefits of locally sourced food and sustainable agriculture. Ayers Foundation provides a low-cost workshop opportunity to support schools, community centers and community groups looking to create a new garden or improve upon existing fruit and vegetable gardening efforts, in order to serve the wider community.
"Dig Deep" will be led by the team at Ayers Foundation (Ayers) with the help of Hillandale Farm and other community partners. These low-cost workshops aim to instruct on the basic stages of gardening. Individuals or organizations are encouraged to participate by working together to create more shared garden spaces, or join an existing team throughout the community.

Goals

  1. Create a fun learning environment to encourage even the most inexperienced to participate and gain a better understanding of how to produce some of their own food and where to acquire locally grown produce.
  2. Increase the activity levels of all ages and empower our community to work together towards common goals.
  3. Increase basic understanding of the nutrients/vitamins/antioxidants we gain from fresh, organic food and how they affect our everyday lives.
  4. Further develop programming and workshops to promote, practice and teach sustainable agriculture, holistic nutrition, and healthy living as well as to increase the environmental literacy of our youth. Ayers Foundation passionately believes that creating a real-world connection to local food and farming is the best way to re-connect each of us to our bodies, good health, and the environment.
“to all have a healthy and active life that keeps us connected, inspired, and growing together”
If you’ve been thinking about starting a garden, or want to improve upon your existing community-based garden program, then this is for you! Ayers' "Dig Deep” is all about learning new things, going outside your comfort zone, helping others, and exerting yourself to achieve new goals.  Gardening is very rewarding and also demanding work if you do it alone, so let’s work together for one purpose - to all have a healthy and active life that keeps us connected, inspired, and growing together.
Helping to ensure the success of these programs and those to follow
cannot be achieved without your participation!
The wealth of a nation rests on the health of its children!
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