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The Food Pantry Garden Green beans, just picked, overflow five-gallon buckets Pints of fresh cherry tomatoes line large crates Plants thrive in this massive garden, one of several local gardens with produce destined for area food pantries Whenever I volunteer It boggles the mind that so many people experience food insecurity That all the okra and jalapenos will find enough hungry stomachs to eat them The level of need seems surreal, even unreal How can this town possibly contain all these food-insecure people What political and economic forces contribute The mind wonders as the hands snap cucumbers off vines This garden grows more and more Pounds and pounds of produce to feed thousands of food pantry guests Plump watermelons and long zucchini headed for pantries today Beloved sweet corn going out tomorrow More people who hunger will eat fresh, local produce. THEME: Gardening BIO: Kristi Jones is a poet from Madison, WI. She enthusiastically supports the work of Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens to address food insecurity, and enjoys volunteering and getting her hands dirty.
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