Press

• 4/24/12 Nonprofit's community gardens could be model for Watsonville: City Council considers gardens, plastic bag ban, urban forest plan


• 4/19/12 Community Gardens Target Obesity and Diabetes Epidemic


• 4/12/12 Mesa Verde Gardens Keep Growing, Second Harvest Food Bank Blog


• 4/11/12 Watsonville Patch: Watsonville Families Grow Their Own Food


• 8/4/11 Blessing Community Gardens: Peter Saporito, Watsonville Patch


• 7/23/11 New Saturday farm stand to open today at local church: Tarmo Hannula of the Register-Pajaronian.


• 5/28/11 The search for earth: Joel Hersch of the Santa Cruz Sentinel


• 5/26/11 A grower of gardens: Tarmo Hannula of the Register-Pajaronian


• 5/5/11 Garden promotes healthy habits: Tarmo Hannula of the Register-Pajaronian


• 4/24/11 Community garden constellation; Michelle Santos of Watsonville Patch


• 11/10/11 Community gardens help families plot a healthy lifestyle: Tarmo Hannula of the Register-Pajaronian.


• 4/1/10 Mesa Verde Gardens Project plants organic garden for young children at Martinelli Head Start Preschool.

Watsonville -- Children at Martinelli Head Start Preschool are learning hands-on that planting their own vegetables and fruits is not only fun but will make them healthier.

"When kids have a chance to grow their own food, they're more likely to eat it," said Ana Rasmussen, program coordinator of Mesa Verde Gardens, a new local nonprofit.