In Sonoma county in 1999, nonprofit organization Food for Thought, horticulturalists from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, and volunteers came together to create an organic and flourishing garden that supplies the local food bank.  What is even cooler is that many of the volunteers are H.I.V. and AIDS patients that get much benefit from the garden.  The rewards are both nutritional (because unappetizing foods can be very hard to digest for H.I.V. and AIDS patients) and personal, providing a haven of nourishment to the soul.  The garden is in a great location because Sonoma has one of the highest rates (proportionally) in US rural counties for H.I.V. and AIDS patients.  Read more about it in The New York Times.  And, learn more about this truly inspiring collaboration.