Ron Finley in a garden outside his home in Los Angeles. Credit Emily Berl for The New York Times
When Amie passed along a link to him way back when, it was all fresh news about an amazing challenge set up by an urban charismatic. Now that challenge has been turned around and amped up and we link again to Ron to help him gets what he needs:
Fighting Eviction, a Gardener Turns to Organic Industry Giants for Help
Food activist Ron Finley campaigns to “change the composition of the soil” in his hometown of South Central LA. In place of the “food desert” made up of liquor stores and fast food (not to mention drive-by shootings) he and his volunteer organization LA Green Grounds plants “food forests” in abandoned lots, traffic medians and sidewalk parkways.
Finley’s point of view is a call to arms to change our conversation about food.
The city of LA leads the United States in vacant lots. They own 26 square miles in vacant lots. That’s the equivalent of 20 New York Central Parks. That’s enough space to plant 724,838,400 tomato plants.
As a combination vegetable graffiti artist and gardening gangster, Continue reading
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