Today is Good People Day on the intertubes, as announced by Wine Library’s Gary Vaynerchuk. This movement happens to coincide with my desire to start profiling people who are doing great things here in Austin. I’d like to mostly focus on people doing work “under the radar” - the unsung heroes.
Yesterday, at a volunteer training for the Sustainable Food Center, which operates the Austin Farmer’s Market downtown and also now at the Triangle on Wednesday afternoons, I met lots of good people. One person I learned about, but didn’t actually meet, is Martha Cason, who teaches at Garza High School here in Austin. Here’s an article about her from Edible Austin. She’s doing important work to help the younger generation learn about where their food comes from, by involving kids in cultivating Garza Gardens. This is so crucial for so many reasons - an obesity epidemic, which is related to the quality and types of food that we eat; climate change, which isn’t helped by the fact that most of our food is shipped thousands of miles; and a growing isolation that results from a lack of fun, outdoor activities for kids.
Three cheers for the Sustainable Food Center and Garza Gardens’ Martha Cason!
