Cultivating gardens for community welfare

A conversation with our regenerative champion, Anisa Ahmad. She is a Punjabi woman from the Indian subcontinent, a small-scale and regenerative farmer who manages the Franklin Avenue Community Garden in Columbus, Ohio. She describes how getting her feet and hands dirty cured her mysterious ailment, her work with young children in the garden, and how the garden has enhanced a sense of community belonging among its residents.

To know more about regenerative farmers in Ohio, visit https://u.osu.edu/regenerativechampions/

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“He started us in the garden”: Black churches as agents of change

A conversation with our regenerative champion, Paula Penn-Nabrit. She is an African American woman, a small-scale and regenerative farmer who co-owns the Charles Madison Nabrit Memorial Garden in Columbus, Ohio with her children. She describes how her family felt healed working in the garden as a ‘free grief therapy’, the fruitful collaborations and engagements in the garden, and the hope for understanding and support from Black churches.

To know more about regenerative farmers in Ohio, visit https://u.osu.edu/regenerativechampions/

Feedback, ideas, or suggestions? Get in touch acel@osu.edu