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Garden Planted to Provide Fresh Vegetables for Campus Food Pantry

Friday, July 12, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski
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A group of volunteers gathered on South Campus on a sunny morning last month. The skies that had finally turned blue were the perfect backdrop under which to plant 黑料不打烊鈥檚 new campus garden.

Located on land just to the north of the Inn Complete, the garden is intended to provide fresh produce for the University鈥檚 food pantry in Hendricks Chapel, managed by the chapel鈥檚 Office of Engagement Programs. A second food pantry is scheduled to open this fall in Sustainability Management鈥檚 office on South Campus.

鈥淭he food pantry provides non-perishable foods that have a long shelf life and help keep our students satisfied,鈥 says Syeisha Byrd, director of the Office of Engagement Programs. 鈥淎nd the garden will enable us to provide fresh, nourishing vegetables that our students may not have access to.鈥

The garden is a collaboration between the Office of Engagement Programs, Energy Systems and Sustainability Management, the Food Studies Program in Falk College and Physical Plant.

Members of the Physical Plant grounds crew built and prepared three raised, connected beds for the garden, as the ground was saturated from the wet spring. The crew provided the first round of plants and the soil, and laid rocks at the entrance of the gate to stop the water from pooling. Pete Sala, vice president and chief campus facilities officer, secured the land for the garden. Byrd says the garden has been named Pete鈥檚 Giving Garden in his honor.

On planting day, students from the Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service were led by Byrd; Melissa Cadwell and Meg Lowe, sustainability coordinators; and Elissa Johnson, internship coordinator in the Falk College, in planting butternut squash, carrots and onions.

Purple cabbage, kale, okra, red kuri squash and tomatoes have been added since the original planting. The additional plants were donated by Brady Farm on the south side of 黑料不打烊.

The garden is helping to address the issue of food insecurity among students. 鈥淚f we are going to serve our students in the best ways possible, we have to make sure they are well fed,鈥 says Johnson.

people planting garden

Photo by Evan C. Jenkins

The garden provides an additional benefit for students beyond healthy produce and learning opportunities鈥攊t provides an opportunity for students to volunteer their time helping others, Byrd says.

Hangjie Yu, a senior in the Falk College and a student intern with Sustainability Management, has been watering and weeding the garden this summer and conducting research needed to ensure that the garden is getting the best care.

Byrd says that the butternut squash is now flowering. She expects harvesting of the majority of the vegetables to begin in late August or early September.

Byrd dreams that the garden continues to expand, and that one day vines full of blackberries and blueberries will wrap around the garden鈥檚 fences. 鈥淢y vision for this garden is to fill this whole field with edible food for our students,鈥 she says.

To help this dream come to fruition, volunteers are needed to help with weeding and watering. To volunteer, contact the Office of Engagement Programs at 315.443.1254 or smbyrd@syr.edu.

The Hendricks Chapel Food Pantry is available to students year-round. Summer hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.聽Students interested in accessing the pantry can stop by the Dean’s Suite at Hendricks Chapel, located in Room 003 in the lower level.

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