Standing Up for Life Food in Westchester

People Are Hungry in Westchester?

Being “hungry” means your family doesn’t have enough money to provide three meals a day.

The Food Bank for Westchester estimates that there are 200,000 Westchester residents hungry or at risk of hunger.

Who is Hungry?• 36% are kids• 28% are kids ages 6-18• 30% are senior citizens• 71% have a household

income below the federal poverty level ($21,000 for a family of four)

• 41% have at least one full-time employed family member

Why Does Hunger Matter?

• Kids who are hungry or poorly nutritioned cannot focus in school, do not have much energy, are more likely to act badly toward each other, and give themselves low scores when rating future success.

What can we do about it?• The Food Bank of

Westchester distributed 780,769 pounds of fresh garden produce last year, and over 4 million pounds of food overall.

• 700 pounds of that food were grown right here.

About Our Garden• We are committed to:– Helping our community– Helping our environment– Building a caring

community– Carrying what we’ve

learned to our future communities

We Grow Seeds and Nuts

We Grow Squashes

We Grow Root Vegetables

We Grow Pod

Vegetables

We Grow Herbsand…

Fruit!!

And…

Cruciferous vegetables

…

Green and leafies!!

And other yummy stuff…

We believe that people should have access to good nutrition and fresh, pure food--not just calories.

We’ll never put chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides

on our plants.

Part of our community service is sustaining the ecosystem that

produces our food.

We tend to the soil and the worms, plant guard flowers, and trick the

pests right out of their socks.

We learn skills that we can use to contribute

to our communities and our environment

wherever we are.