The organization is playing the long game with its new initiative, which is bringing more fruit- and nut-producing trees, bushes and shrubs to the city.
You can find them in almost every neighborhood — a pop of green among the city buildings where people gather to plant, weed and chat inside fenced-off gardens. With close to 200 community and school-based gardens, is the largest independent network of food-producing gardens in the country, and it continues to grow with its newest initiative: food forests.
DUG has been around for over 45 years and during that time, it has adapted its programs, garden styles and workforce to keep up with the changing world. From volunteer-tended community gardens and plots to soil regeneration, cultivating connections with communities, educational programs and much more, the team is redefining what it means to eat and thrive in a city.
, or areas where trees, bushes and shrubs that all produce some type of fruit or nut are planted. In addition to producing food, they also aid in pollination and create tree canopies. The fruits of this initiative don't stop there, either — with more trees being planted across the city, air quality and biodiversity are supported, too.
She continues,"With community gardening, it's normally people gardening for their own family, but with food forests, they are true community orchards — open access." In its first year of the initiative, DUG planted six food forests, with plans to add twenty more in 2023. Currently, it's looking for more public or private land for potential future sites.
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