Congresswoman Matsui Celebrates Grand Opening of Tahoe Park Community Garden at Local Slow Foods FestivalSubmitted by OBSNews.com on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 16:12 |
By Mara Lee
SACRAMENTO (OBSNews.com) - On Monday of this week, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) joined Sacramento City Councilman Kevin McCarty, Deputy Secretary for the California Department of Food and Agriculture David Pegos, Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond, and members of the community for the grand opening of the Tahoe Park Community Garden and Slow Food Festival. Congresswoman Matsui is the original sponsor of legislation in the House of Representatives (House Resolution 649), which would designate each August as Community Gardening Awareness Month. The event offered Sacramento families the opportunity to learn about community gardening, eating healthy, and the wealth of local produce available. Congresswoman Matsui’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below:
“Thanks to the efforts of Councilman McCarty and many others here, the neighborhood of Tahoe Park can finally say that they have a Community Garden! And