SAU Community Gardens To Combat Food Deserts

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith

Published February 13, 2017 at 9:06 AM CST

PREVENTING FOOD DESERTS - Southern Arkansas University's Agriculture Department has developed a community garden where anyone can come and grow their own produce. The program begins its second year this spring and was an outgrowth of a plant sciences program to give students an experiential learning component to the degree program. Extra acreage was set aside for a community outreach and has received a $25,000 WalMart foundation grant to purchase equipment to help maintain the garden. For more information, contact Dr. Jeff Miller, SAU Agriculture Department at (870)-235-4350.

GROW YOUR OWN - SAU's community garden offers people a chance to grow their own fresh produce.

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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.

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