A couple photos from Project Hope/Proyecto Esperanza's most recent potato harvesting adventure. Friends Emily and Henry joined forces on an afternoon road trip to Chepachet, where we met the Chepachet Union Church garden coordinator. This Baptist iglesia sits on a plot of green land, overflowing with veggies and wild flowers. The church donates all of their veggies to community members in need or missions collecting food for the hungry. Our mission: Harvest as many little tubers as possible and bring 'em back to Blackstone Valley. THREE hours and THREE sunburns later the THREE of us had harvested THREE giant boxes of potatoes (notice the theme). Our box tops were brimming with fresh cabbage, celery and squash. My friends Emily and Henry, spotted above recovering from the farming experience, helped me load the potatoes into my trunk and backseat. The potatoes buckled up, under mama farmer's orders of course. We took off for Pawtucket, after a pit stop for an A&W root beer float of course(Smithfield has a clever stand still within my Americorps stipend budget - you gotta splurge every once in a while). One box of potatoes and fresh veggies found a nice home in the stewpot at St. John the Baptist Hospitality House Soup Kitchen. The others were adopted by the Pawtucket Soup Kitchen at St. Joseph's on Walcott. High thanks to the folks at Chepachet Union Church. Many Pawtucket tummy's are full with the flavors of latke, smashed potato, and leek soup. Project Hope/Proyecto Esperanza is delighted to have a relationship with this local farm. We are all integretated on this globe, humans who inhabit a beautiful planet. Let's continue to work together to make sure nature's resources continue to foster a healthy and hearty lifestyle for as many people as possible.
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