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Garden Provides Organic Produce to Low Income and Disabled People

by Angela Hart
Rohnert Park Patch

Rohnert Park mom Beverly Hammond delivers fresh, organic produce to her neighbor Deborah Creech, 53, once a week — well, sometimes more, depending on what’s growing.

Hammond is the garden coordinator for the community garden tucked back behind Cross and Crown Lutheran Church in Rohnert Park, a job she does for free, to make sure low-income families or people with disabilities have access to healthy foods.

It’s because of Hammond’s weekly deliveries that Creech gets any fruits or vegetables in her diet, she said. A series of injuries rendered Creech permanently disabled, and most days she can’t muster the strength to get out of her house.

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