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Nonprofits in the News: Community Gardens Supporting Recovery from Addiction

FOX 13, published April 25, 2025

How community gardens in Utah are helping keep addicts clean

Wasatch Community Gardens in Salt Lake City grows thousands of pounds of food for local pantries and shelters.

They're also helping regrow the lives of dozens and dozens of women coming out of incarceration and addiction.

“If you can take care of a plant for a year, it increases your chances of staying clean and sober,” stated Katie Dwyer, Executive Director of Wasatch Community Gardens. “We have about 16 women that are served through the farm annually.”

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