Local Girl Scouts Troop plants vegetable garden to combat food deserts in the Winston-Salem community [Video]

A TRIAD GIRL SCOUT GROUP IS DITCHING THE COOKIES AND ARE WORKING TO EARN THEIR BADGES BY PROVIDING THEIR COMMUNITY WITH BETTER ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD. OUR JOSHUA DAVIS HAS MORE ON THIS SELFLESS SUMMER PROJECT. DID IT, AND WE’RE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE AND WE DID IT OURSELVES. SO IT KIND OF MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. GIRL SCOUT TROOP 13394 IS PLANTING A VEGGIE GARDEN AT CENTRAL TERRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. TROOP LEADER ELIZABETH STONE SAYS IT’S AN EFFORT TO TACKLE FOOD DESERTS IN WINSTON SALEM. THEY REALIZED HOW MANY FOOD DESERTS THERE ACTUALLY WERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, IN ADDITION TO FORSYTH COUNTY, THAT WE KIND OF TOOK SOME INITIATIVES AND LOOKED AROUND THE CITY. THEY RESEARCHED EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT AND THEY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AND THEY PUT A LIST ON THE BOARD OF WHAT PLANTS THEY WANTED TO HAVE FOR THOSE COMMUNITY …