"This One Cabbage Fed 275 People" — How 9-Year-Old Katie Stagliano Grew a Movement to Feed the Hungry
In 2008, a nine-year-old girl from Summerville, South Carolina, grew a 40-pound cabbage from a school seedling and donated it to a soup kitchen, feeding 275 people in a single meal. That moment of generosity sparked Katie's Krops, a nationwide network of over 100 youth-run gardens that has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh produce to the hungry.
May 28, 2026