May is National Foster Care Month! Quadnesa Kelly has been fostering with Devereux Therapeutic Foster Care since July 2019. A 10-year-old girl was placed with her almost immediately and remains in the home today. She is now 13 years old.

Here is perhaps the biggest problem most urban farmers⸺and many new farmers⸺face. Aside from just acquiring land and space, complications include the quality of the soil, location of the land, and general safety concerns about where the garden may be located.

From the time I reached puberty, my mother decided it was time for me to wear a girdle. She was 90 pounds and 4’11” and considered herself gordita, a diminutive form of fat; a term of endearment to some, a compliment to others, a body judgment nonetheless.