Margie Sydney, left, looks at bean while she and Elaine Lombardi, both of Waterford, go into a trellis tunnel of Chinese long beans Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, while at the Cottage Street Urban Farm in New London. The women were taking part in the FRESH New London Garden Walk for Food Justice fundraiser occasion. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Farmers assistant Jennifer Fiestas discusses how the raised garden, painted green, is a totally free community food bed at the Cottage Street Urban Farm on Saturday, Sept. 17,2022, during the FRESH New London Garden Walk for Food Justice fundraiser event in New London. The other raised garden beds are painted red for family leased, blue for FRESH personnel and the blue and red are do not choose. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Farm manager Sydney Henderson, center, tells people about the Cottage Street Urban Farm Saturday, Sept. 17,2022, throughout the FRESH New London Garden.(Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A girl walks though a trellis tunnel of Chinese long beans, right, at the Cottage Street Urban Farm Saturday, Sept. 17,2022, during the FRESH New London Garden Walk for Food Justice fundraiser occasion in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Connecticut College student Tori Wagner, a volunteer with Fresh New London, walks by the raised gardens at McDonald Park Community Garden during the FRESH New London Garden Walk for Food Justice occasion Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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FRESH New London Garden held a Walk for Food Justice fundraiser event Saturday in New London.People taking part in the occasion could walk a roughly 2 and a half mile loop to visit 5 garden websites that have snack beds, community gardens and also the terraced Cottage Street Urban Farm.People at each place were able to find out about farming strategies that produces a wide range of local fruit and vegetables.