{"id":119737,"date":"2023-09-22T13:29:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=119737"},"modified":"2023-09-22T13:29:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:29:12","slug":"denver-police-create-community-garden-with-the-table-urban-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/denver-police-create-community-garden-with-the-table-urban-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver police create community garden with The Table Urban Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Table Urban Farm is completing soil preparation for a new community garden at the Denver Police Department’s District Four Station at the corner of South Clay Street and Warren Avenue, readying the plot for use ahead of planting season in the spring.<\/p>\n

The 5,000-square-foot garden will be the largest of the 19 plots operated by the Table Urban Farm in the south Denver area, and will be maintained with the goal of growing thousands of pounds of food for community members in need, according to the Denver Police Department.<\/p>\n

There are plans to grow onions, tomatoes, peppers and squash, and community members will be able to have input on other types of food that they also want to see grown at the location.<\/p>\n

“Our model is to grow food in underutilized spaces and share food back to the community,” Table Urban Farm co-director Jeanine Kopaska Broek said in an email.<\/p>\n

Broek said the space will differ from a traditional community garden where members rent space, and will instead operate in an educational model with volunteers and groups helping out.<\/p>\n

The Table is a nonprofit organization that grows food in a network of different plots in south Denver, according to its website. The organization partners with private homeowners who give it permission to use their yard space to grow vegetables, 100% of which are donated back to the community through local partners.<\/p>\n

“Anyone is welcome to come and get the produce that we harvest — we give everything back to the community for free,” Broek said.<\/p>\n