[Cville Weekly, by CHIARA CANZI]

For quite some time now, Charlottesville has been the fulcrum of all things local: food, farms, local and sustainable businesses. Recently, the University of Virginia has taken up the local food discourse and integrated it into its curricula with practical instruction.

Last March, a group of students began thinking about creating a sustainable, community garden on campus.

“At the beginning of last year, we had just a couple of students who were really interested in having a garden of some kind going here,” says Ben Chrisinger, a senior Urban and Environmental Planning major. “They were kind of working independently, but realized that it would be better if we unified our efforts.”

The students presented their idea to the Student Council Environmental Sustainability Committee and soon after, a task force was formed. For academic support, the students went to the Urban and Environmental Planning Department in the School of Architecture.

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