We teach community members how to grow their own food, providing them with the knowledge to teach others and sustain themselves, showing participant how to cook simple healthy meals with their harvest, taking the time to meet neighbors and learn skills from them, offering free cooking classes, and working towards changing the food system are all solutions-based goals of our program. The in-ground rain garden design also conserves water, and each garden's existence reduces the amount of carbon in the air. Before the ground is even broken, we test the soil to make sure it's safe for growing produce.