COMMUNITY PROFILE PHOTO COURTESY OF FEED MEDIA FOR 40 YEARS, DUG HAS HELPED COMMUNITIES GROW AND SHARE FOOD BY GRACE THORBURN BUILDING A GARDEN PLOT FROM THE GROUND UP IN ONE DAY is no easy feat. Fortunately, the community members who showed up to Denver Urban Garden’s 200th plot build were willing to get their hands dirty. DUG, a 40-year-old nonprofit, built its 200th garden at 48th Avenue & Julian Street in Denver on October 13, 2023. Volunteers at the build included DUG community members, leadership from the Denver Parks and Recreation Department, and dedicated volunteers from Love, Tito’s, the vodka brand — who also sponsored the event with food drinks, and music for volunteers. As the largest independent network of food-producing gardens in the United States, DUG’s reinspiring communities to grow and share food. All of DUG’s gardens are community-run. Their mission is to provide access, resources, and skills for communities to grow food in regenerative urban green spaces. According to a 2022 survey, 81% of the food that was harvested by DUG gardeners was donated or shared with others. PHOTO COURTESY OF FEED MEDIA PHOTO COURTESY OF FEED MEDIA 6 DENVER VOICE March 2024
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