Creating community gardens are an effective way to build a healthy community. With the generous support of Vester Society, we hae launched our Victorious Gardens Initiative to grow vegetables, fruits and herbs within the ancestral territories of Del Norte and Humboldt Counties. These gardens challenge obesity, diabetes, and other illnesses related to the dismantlement of traditional diet and replacement of corporate commodity supplies. The narrative of our community as a food desert must change if we want to be a healthier people.