Arts and Culture

Farm Your Yard: Connecting Through Gardens

KBIA | By trevorharris

Published April 15, 2015 at 3:07 PM CDT

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Gardens bring neighbors together.

Carrie Hargrove / CCUA

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Gardens don't have to be in the ground.

Carrie Hargrove / CCUA

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Families that garden together, eat together.

Carrie Hargrove / CCUA

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Gardens are a learning platform to teach subjects such as biology.

Carrie Hargrove / CCUA

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Urban-agriculturist-in-training: Kids love to dig in the dirt and grow things.

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"It feels good to grow food" says Carrie Hargrove. On this installment of KBIA's Farm Your Yard she talks about the community and environmental benefits of gardening.

Carrie Hargrove / CCUA

On this installment of Farm Your Yard, the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture's Farm Manager Carrie Hargrove discusses the ways in which a garden can build community and reconnect us to the environment.

Another carrot, please! When you garden you increase access to fresh vegetables and fruits for you and your neighbors. Find out more on this installment of KBIA's Farm Your Yard.

Farm Your Yard is an occasional segment on the weekly program Thinking Out Loud, which airs each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. on 91.3FM KBIA.