NEIU GROUNDcommunity garden

“I’m 1 of 5 children who go hungry

in America…”

“There are 32,999,999 more

hungry people like me

all across the country…”

1 in 6 Americans struggle with hunger…

Illinois is one of eight states with a hunger cost over $6 billion…

Organizations like the Peterson Garden project are working to change this reality.

http://youtu.be/spHqyfmjwyE

Peterson Garden Project has partnered with neighborhoods across the city of Chicago to develop community gardens…

Community gardens are…

single pieces of land gardened collectively by a group of people.

Gardens improve quality of life for members

of the neighborhood.

Gardens add to the beauty in the community

and awareness of living things.

Eating locally-produced food reduces

fuel consumption.

Gardens are areas of recreation and

exercise, and they reduce stress.

They date back to World War II…

Victory Gardens were planted by families in the United States

(the Home Front) to help prevent a food shortage…

Many schools across the country planted Victory Gardens

on their school grounds and used their produce

in their school lunches…

and…

Northeastern was the

site of Chicago’s

largest victory garden.

Similar to the one

pictured, it was over

30 acres large.

March 29, 2014, in conjunction with Peterson Garden Project,

Northeastern Illinois University began building a campus

community garden…