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Plymouth State students urge planning board to list land and prioritize community gardens
Summary
Three Plymouth State University students asked the Planning Board to catalogue public land for community gardens, treat food-growing as an encouraged use of open space, and give communities first chance to claim public land before sale, citing food-security benefits and loss of unpaved land to development.
Three students who identified themselves only as Savannah, Sabrina and Keegan told the Plymouth Planning Board they want the town to plan for more community gardens.
"We are students at Plymouth State University and we are here to advocate for the creation of more community gardens in Plymouth," Savannah said during the board's general public-comment period, providing an issue brief from the New Hampshire Food Alliance. She asked the board…
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