US Ambassador to the UN visits Badger Rock, explores community garden
“Being here in this location with young people, seeing the kinds of activities that they are engaged in that will make a difference in their lives in the future, but also the lives of others,”
By Scott Girard
The Cap Times
Oct 8, 2022
Excerpt:
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield visited BRNC Friday to see how the center, its partner Rooted and Badger Rock Middle School are working together to fight food insecurity. Following a tour of the gardens and the building’s kitchen, she joined four community members for a brief panel discussion.
“One of those crises that we’re dealing with on a daily basis is food insecurity, and how to address the global issue of food insecurity but also how to deal with food insecurity locally in our communities,” she told the small group assembled at the neighborhood center.
Joining her on the panel were local food producers Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores, Kingsley Gobourne, Sara Parthasarathy and Hedi Tepp, the deputy director of South Madison Programs for Rooted and BRNC director. The panelists explained how the center’s community gardens had helped them and how they got started.
“Everything that we do here is co-created with the community,” Tepp said.
Kilfoy-Flores spoke about her experience as a disabled single mother who has gotten to experience gardening with her children and teach them about healthy eating.
