Owner of Skippers Seafood manages a community garden in Columbus, Ga
“I’ve been getting support from the community and I’ve been getting support from corporate businesses”
By Michaela Leggett
WRBL
Jan 12, 2022
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The new farm sits on ten acres of land behind Marshall Middle School. The farm also has a small section for gardening, so elementary students can learn about plants.
“It has a small section that we do gardening in to teach the small kids about where food comes and to give them an opportunity to plant seeds and raise beds. We also let them do starter seeds in cups, these are elementary school kids. Then we have the farm itself ten acres in total once we finish with it,” Buckner said.
Buckner told News 3 the farm is being placed on this side of town because this is one of the poorest areas in Columbus.
“We are in the poorest community in Columbus, Georgia and we are raising the food so that we can help the people in that community. As far as having free fresh vegetables, free preserves, free fruit and also free honey and things like that. We’re also doing this farm because we want to teach our young people where fresh food comes from instead of getting food out of packages and constantly using frozen food to feed their family,” Buckner said.
