What the Homeless Garden Project taught me about belonging in Santa Cruz

What the Homeless Garden Project taught me about belonging in Santa Cruz

After spending two years unhoused, Damien Christopher Camany found more than job training at the Homeless Garden Project — he found a place to belong. Here, he reflects on how working the soil helped him rebuild his sense of purpose, dignity and community, and why the organization’s mission extends far beyond farming. The Homeless Garden Project recently secured the rights to acquire the 4-acre farm it has stewarded for decades — an important st…