Waldo County Bounty Presentation with Mattie Bamman

The Belfast Garden Club hosted this program in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library, February 20, 2024.
Launched in response to the pandemic, Waldo County Bounty has responded to local food insecurity through the power of gardening. A countywide network of volunteers-gardeners, farmers, educators, and service providers-work to strengthen the Waldo County food system as a whole by ensuring everyone has access to fresh, locally-grown foods.
In this presentation, you’ll learn about WCB’s programs-Farm-to-Pantry, Gleaning, and Gardening, as well WCB’s many partners (BGC is one!). A writer and homesteader, Mattie J. Bamman was raised in the back-to-the-land movement in Downeast Maine. For 15 years he worked as a culinary travel writer. In 2018, he and his wife established a homestead and large garden using the “lasagna gardening” method, which he documented through the Ravenous Farmer channel on KZbin. In 2020, he helped launch Waldo County Bounty.