Community gardens may hold the key to addressing Baton Rouge’s food desert problem. 
Baton Rouge has a serious problem with providing healthy food for many impoverished communities. One of the most effective responses to this crisis is building a self-sustaining community garden that provides healthy and clean food.
However, many of these programs fail because of a lack of student involvement, says LSU human ecology instructor Judith Myhand. She says that building these types of gardens “requires people who are committed to making it happen.”
Students like Torrey Alexis help these communities by teaching families how to make healthy food for themselves. Alexis says that teaching kids how to cook their own meals allows them more choices in their eating habits.
With spring on the horizon, it will be more important than ever to feed the many families of Baton Rouge.