Over the years, they've received grants, water-access permits and in-kind support from public and private agencies to transform the brownfield into fertile soil, to haul in water from the hydrant down the street and, recently, to put in a water line. In return, they now grow produce for daily lunches at the Catholic Worker's soup kitchen and donate to the Drueding House, a women's shelter. And, they run weekly, almost-free farm stands to bring fresh greens to the neighbors. There are dozens of volunteers and about eight community garden plots tended by local families.