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Salud y Vida Salud y Vida is located on about a third of an acre at the Chaparral Family Development Center (CFDC) in Chaparral, New Mexico. This project began with as a small garden behind the CFDC created by a small number of women less than a year ago. With much work, there is now space for 12 women and their families to grow, as well as a youth and communally-worked garden area. The garden is run by the Comité de Responsibilidad, composed of three community garden members, appointed by the other garden members to serve in a leadership and oversight role. Salud y Vida is a space to learn and grow. Garden members are growing an assortment of flowers, herbs, fruits, and vegetables, selecting appropriate varieties for the desert environment; they are also creating native plant gardens and landscapes. Produce from the garden is taken home and sold in the local Chaparral Farmer’s Market. Beginning this spring, a portion of produce from the communally-worked plot will be donated to local families.
Salud y Vida Photo Gallery
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Garden Projects
Fall 2008
Early Spring 2009
Spring 2009
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