‘A small United Nations’

A small grant has helped refugees use their skills and knowledge about farming to plant gardens and raise much of their own food and also sell some of it. Some brought seeds with them and are experimenting in the new soil and weather. - - Donna Poisl

Larger community garden nourishes refugees

By Aaron Nicodemus, TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

WORCESTER — In her native Democratic Republic of the Congo, Christine Kindeke and her family always grew their own food.

“In the Congo, most of the income of a family comes from farming,” she said. The knowledge of how to farm, when to plant a particular crop and what methods work best from year to year is passed down from parent to child.
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