In urban areas, where our connection to the land that sustains us is easily forgotten, LBO seeks to promote the connection to our food, water, air and natural environment. Food travels miles to get to our supermarkets, often compromising its nutritive value as well as increasing stress on the environment. Local organic gardens give community members of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to produce their own nutritious food at reasonable cost, without the added harm that chemical inputs bring to our community and surrounding natural environment. Other ecological benefits of creating gardens throughout Long Beach include flood control and water conservation, bioremediation of polluted lands, and reduction of solid waste to landfills.

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