Cooperation Winston Salem helps grow fruits, veggies in one the city’s oldest Black neighborhoods
“The more people in our city who are getting their hands in the soil,” said Eric Mathis, one of the group’s organizers. “We are building up our collective immune system across Winston-Salem.”
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June 23, 2021
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The collaboration between the urban farmers and Happy Hill neighbors has taken the community garden to the next level.
Mathis said the Happy Hill Community Garden had already existed for nearly two years and said the new collaboration led to recent improvements. Now, the new group wants to plant seeds for years to come.
“I hope it’s able to feed the community. Also, able to teach the community for education. So, they know where food comes from,” Sherard Ozaka said.
For Sherard Ozaka, he said there are lessons learned in the garden, both for the present and future.
“I’ve learned you just got to keep working hard. It’s an everyday battle but you know you have got to work hard and even though it mzight feel like you’re alone at times, you just got to push,” Ozaka said.
