{"id":51431,"date":"2011-12-14T19:20:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T19:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=51431"},"modified":"2018-10-01T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T17:26:40","slug":"peninsula-daily-news-sabina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/12\/14\/peninsula-daily-news-sabina\/","title":{"rendered":"Peninsula Daily News features garden project led by Ellen Sabina ’09"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Peninsula Daily Times<\/em> of Port Angeles, Wash., describes efforts by Ellen Sabina ’09 to create a vegetable garden<\/a> at a local food bank.<\/p>\n

Sabina tells columnist Jennifer Jackson that the idea is to “provide some fresh produce and plant starts for food bank clientele and to empower people to grow their own food.”<\/p>\n

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Ellen Sabino ’09 and a friend run a local farm stand in 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

The project, writes Jackson, includes a hoop-house-style greenhouse for growing tomatoes and a seed germination box for salad greens. It’s located on the grounds of a former elementary school that now houses the Port Townsend Food Bank<\/a> and other community programs.<\/p>\n

Plans call for starting lettuce in mid-February, Sabina said, with continuous harvest through November once the garden gets going.<\/p>\n

Besides tomatoes and fresh salad greens, \u201cI also plan to do flowers and herbs,\u201d Sabina said. \u201cWe want to make it inviting.”<\/p>\n

A ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ history major and former AmeriCorps volunteer, Sabina grew on the Maine coast, working in the lobster industry during summers. At ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, she wrote her thesis on the history of women in lobstering.<\/p>\n

Sabina coordinates the Jefferson LandWorks Collaborative, a network of eight organizations that help farmers and landowners keep rural land economically viable.<\/p>\n