Recently, the Scouts of Troop 340 transformed a vacant lot of gravel and cement on the corner of Madison and Fourth streets in Auburn, Illinois, into several raised garden beds that produce fruits and vegetables, greens and herbs plus flowers. Known as the Auburn Community Garden, the vertical garden provides food for the over 4,000 residents of the community, and beyond. Produce harvested on Mondays is donated to the local food pantry or to a “breadline” organization that serves hot, nutritious meals to the needy. “We had extra broccoli greens and kohlrabi greens…the breadline will actually use that in stews and stir-fries and things like that for their meals,” Jill Waltman, an adult mentor and the mother of Troop 340 Scout Jayden Brown, told Radiant Life. Waltman and Brown live next door to the garden and regularly work in the garden that’s expanded into Waltman’s yard. The community has access …