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News: Community gardens provide food, educational space for CU via Daily Illini
What started as an abandoned garden has transformed into an educational space and a source of food for low-income families.
Prosperity Gardens is a nonprofit organization in Champaign that provides students a chance to learn about gardening and the opportunity to grow their own produce. The organization also sells its produce at a discounted rate during the summer for low-income families.
Prosperity Gardens is just one example of a community garden in the Champaign-Urbana area.
According to 2014 data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, there are 1,311 community gardens in the United States. 62 of these are in Illinois.
Nicole Bridges, lead program coordinator at Prosperity Gardens, said there are approximately five community gardens in Champaign and Urbana combined.
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