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Katie Stagliano Feeds the Hungry Through Her Gardening Nonprofit By Moira Bailey and Diane Herbst /people/article/0,00.html 12/13/2012 at 04:20 PM EST Ever since she was a little girl, Katie Stagliano knew how to make things grow. Four years ago, Katie planted the seedling for a 40-pound cabbage that would end up making meals for hundreds of hungry people in her Summerville, S.C., community. Now 14, shes been growing and feeding people ever since, with her nonprofit Katies Krops that now seeds 55 kid-grown gardens in 21 states and produces thousands of pounds of vegetables. In September, the cabbage that started her crusade landed the Pinewood Prep 8th grader in New York City – and in the company of President Bill Clinton, as one of six recipients of this years Clinton Global Citizen Awards. Hes really into science, says Katie. He talked to me about photosynthesis. Katie works with groups addressing childhood health and nutrition issues and is part of an upcoming documentary Give Me Your Hungry. Shes also been featured on the Great American Country cable networks Great American Heroes with Trace Adkins show. Hes a country boy, says Katie of Adkins. He makes fun of me and my mom for wearing gardening gloves. Her now-famous cabbage seedling that she planted in her familys backyard made 275 meals (supplemented with ham and rice) at a homeless shelter in Katies community. Says Katie, I thought, Wow, with one cabbage I helped feed that many people? I could do much more. She started other gardens – in her subdivision, on donated land and on a field at school – seeded with donated plants and tended by school and community volunteers Katie recruited. Those vegetables and volunteer networks have sprouted, feeding growing numbers of the needy. Her nonprofit, started in 2010, offers grants of garden center gift cards to fledgling gardeners ages 9-16 to start their own gardens, with a new grant application cycle that goes through Feb. 12. Katie hopes