Today Andrew, Mariyam and I met with our service partner, Sara, at Noir Cafe near The Stop Community Food Center. She briefly introduced The Global Root Project to us and brought us to the Stop Green Barn, located at St. Clair and Christie.
Our main duties associated with this project include building a website that host the oral histories of the gardeners in the neighborhood and creating the audio installation within the garden. The primary goal is to allow people in the community to get more familiar with the history and background of the local green food and urban agriculture. People may hear about the concept but they seldom have the chances to directly access to the stories behind the scenes. People get the source of information directly through listening to a short storytelling audio clip, which is more reliable.
The gardeners being interviewed by our service partner Sara come from all over the world such as Canada, India, China, Kenia, and etc. Most of them is able to speak English. People with different cultural background share their knowledge of food, gardening here.
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