Charlotte Rodina of Beardsley Farm will speak on community gardening at the Jan. 8 meeting of Altrusa International of Oak Ridge at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, South Illinois Avenue.
A love for food and being outside led Charlotte to gardening and farming. She started out her farming journey by lending a hand on her uncle’s market farm near Pittsburgh, Pennsylania and then spent a year working on sustainable farms, learning different styles of farming, in Italy and Scotland. An AmeriCorps position led her to Knoxville where she managed the Center for Urban Agriculture and started a school garden at Pellissippi State Community College. Charlotte believes everyone deserves access to fresh, healthy foods and is grateful to demonstrate the empowerment that comes with gardening at Beardsley Farm.
Altrusa International is a service organization comprised of community members focusing on leadership, partnership and service with an emphasis on literacy and education.
This article originally appeared on Oakridger: Altrusa Oak Ridge to focus om community gardening Jan. 8