All of the bishops in the Washington Utah East Stake were asked by our Stake President to see if they could find some land to develop a ward garden/farm. I brought the idea up in our Ward Council meeting and our HP Group Leader found us some land at Staheli Farms. Our 1st Counselor, Terry Kelvington, negotiated with the farmer and we were able to land almost 4000 sq ft to use as our ward farm. It cost us only $120 for the year plus the cost of seeds. Water and tilling/furrowing is included.
I have been asking our members to strive to become a Zion Society since I was made their Bishop In January. We challenged our members to come and work at the farm as a ward service project and if there was any vegetables then that would be a bonus. We called the ward to action and they repsonded. We had over 100 people show up for the "planting activity". We were able to plant all 4000 sq ft in only 1 hour. It was a great activity. The ward really came together.
I also challenged the ward to donate $500 to the farm by using the weekly tithing slips and entering their donations under "other" and put in "ward farm"...once again, the ward responded.
It's not too late for any of our family members to share this info with their ward leaders and try to do the same. Enjoy the photos. Go Coral Canyon 1st Ward.
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Man! This is actually exactly what I was picturing! How incredible! I really want to bring this up to my to my ward. I just don't know where we could do this. I will definitely say something to someone though.
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