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Victory gardens sprouted on what is now the UWM campus during World Wars I and II<\/a>, flourishing on the field where Engelmann Stadium now stands.<\/p>\n

This spring, university gardens are again helping out in a crisis.<\/p>\n

With campus closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, gardeners couldn\u2019t put out their tomatoes, beans, carrots and other plants in the rental garden plots.<\/p>\n

So instead, a small team working with the UWM Office of Sustainability will be planting and caring for the plots this summer, with all the fresh produce going to the UWM Food Center and Pantry, according to Kate Nelson, chief sustainability officer.<\/p>\n

Potatoes, tomatoes and more<\/h3>\n

The team started planting when the rain let up the week of May 18. Nina Hartwig, a junior who works with the sustainability office, had already given some vegetables a head start in her apartment.<\/p>\n

Main veggies being planted include potatoes, tomatoes and spinach, but the gardens will also grow lettuce, kale, zucchini, summer squash and peppers. Since a number of people have donated seeds, other produce like carrots and Swiss chard may also be available.<\/p>\n

The fresh produce will be welcome, said Quincy Kissack, assistant director of Student Association Professional\u00a0Staff, who directs the food pantry<\/a>. The pantry, which is open one day a week, is serving about 170 people every week. That compares to around 150 a month before campus closed. More than 1,500 people have received food bags since the campus closed, she added.<\/p>\n

Finding vegetables and fruits is becoming more challenging. \u201cMany grocery stores have limits on canned foods (especially fruits and vegetables), and we aren\u2019t allowed to exceed them,\u201d Kissack said. \u201cWe\u2019ve gotten creative, but having fresh produce from the campus gardens means that our patrons will have a consistent source of nutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Victory gardens bloom again<\/h3>\n

The \u00a0campus gardens have a long history at UWM.<\/p>\n

The UWM Food and Garden Club and the Office of Sustainability brought campus gardens back<\/a> to UWM in 2011, some six decades after the end of World War II. Fifty raised beds were installed outside the Physics Building that year, and additional gardens were established near Sandburg\u00a0 East in 2012. The gardens have served individual gardeners and UWM restaurant operations, as well as for student curriculum and research.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur campus gardeners have laid the groundwork over the past few years,\u201d said Nelson. “Without their hard work and care of the soil, we wouldn\u2019t have these gardens to make use of now when the need is so great.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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