The City Paper did a nice write up of some of the gardening and farming activities in Charleston including mention of the Bogarden as well as discussion of some of the great local farms in our community such as Ambrose, Rosebank and Thornhill.
One of the mentions that most interested me was Chef Fred Neuville's heirloom chicken farm out on Wadmalaw Island. Chef Neuville is the head chef at the Fat Hen on Maybank Highway. He has started a program called Farm Kids that aims to connect children living on the Island to their food. The kids get to collect eggs, check out the baby pigs and even make candles in the honey house. I think that its really great for these kids to learn about where their food comes from and to gain a working respect of the hard work that goes in to raising these animals, as well as a healthy respect for the animals themselves that nourish us. Hopefully none of these kids will grow up thinking that food comes from a supermarket and that's the end of the story.
I'm really happy to see all of the gardens and farms in the area getting some recognition!
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