Devlin has spearheaded efforts by the Camden City Garden Club (CCGC) over the past 26 years to create and support approximately 90 food-producing community gardens in Camden‘s urban neighborhoods. More than 60 of these gardens have been established in the last two years, to help give residents of this impoverished city access to fresh, nutritious and affordable produce in an area that has been designated as a ―food desert.‖
The statistics for Camden have long been grim. It is frequently described as the poorest small city in the country – and among the most dangerous. Most families live below the poverty level, half of its residents are under 20 years old, and 60 percent of its young people don‘t graduate from high school.
According to a new study by the University of Pennsylvania, the city now has another, more positive, designation: Based on population, Camden is home to perhaps the fastest growing community gardens in the country.
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