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Festival Celebrates Community Garden
For the past 13 years, a seven-acre community garden and farm has quietly flourished in North Long Beach. At the Growing Experience, located within the Carmelitos Housing Development, a variety of vegetables grow in 60 individual raised plots. California native and drought-tolerant plants thrive in an environment designed to promote water conservation, and a mini “eco farm,” replete with 20 chickens, yields eggs and seasonal produce, which is sold to residents and area restaurants. This Thursday, a fall Harvest Festival will act as an unofficial community debut for the Growing Experience, and area companies dedicated to sourcing locally and sustainably grown food, including beachgreens and Primal Alchemy Catering, among others, have signed on to show their support. Continue reading Uptown Gazette.