ENVIROMENT | Feeding our community

On Wednesday, Dec. 3, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., join the University of Illinois Extension local food system and small farms educator Bill Davis for a program on seed saving and why seed libraries foster community and help participants save money. Earlier this year, Bill helped launch the Normal Seed Library, a collaboration by the University of Illinois Extension office and the Normal Public library in Normal. The program will emphasize the importance of the volunteer work required to get a project such as this off the ground, namely by establishing a “food forest” which consists of volunteers who forage outdoors for nuts, seeds, etc. to establish a base library. This program is presented by GROW Springfield, a network of urban growers with the goal of starting a similar library in Springfield. For more information, visit growspringfield.org.