[SEMCO] CELEBRATION: Environment and Human Needs (April 26)

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COMMUNITY CELEBRATION  FOR EARTH DAY SEASON 
 
 
Cape Cod  will host an unusual environmental event, on Saturday, April  26th.
 
The Falmouth Service Center,  in the town of Falmouth,  will have  an "open 
house"  at the Center's community garden....  Everybody is  invited....  Garden 
work with start at  8:30 am....   At  noon, there will be a barbecue with 
brief presentations about the  community
garden and community strategies for helping to protect the coastal  
environment.
 
The community garden at the Falmouth Service Center is the largest of Cape  
Cod's community gardens....  It's an organic garden.....  Families  work 
together to raise food and flowers.    Much of the produce  is donated to the 
Center, to help support the community food pantry....   What results is an unusual 
program that helps the environment while assisting  low-income families....  
Most of the work is done by local  volunteers.
 
Organic gardening and landscaping helps to reduce local  pollution.   Helping 
area residents to grow their own food   benefits the coastal environment in 
several ways.   Individuals  develop a sense of community, they learn about 
sustainable agriculture, and they  reduce their dependence on "imports."     In 
October, the  gardeners share  a harvest dinner.
 
The Sierra Club's Cape Cod and Islands Group will provide a special cake  and 
other refreshments, to honor the organic garden project in  Falmouth.    This 
year, the Falmouth Service Center is  celebrating its 25th anniversary....  
The Center is located at 611 Gifford  Street, in Falmouth....  TELEPHONE:  
(508)  548-2794.



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