Ever heard of the entire communities in Eastern Europe that
have massive gardens in place of pools? Where communities come together to grow
and share their own food? Well the North America may be finally catching on.
Gardening and eating your own food was just brought to the
suburbs of South Central LA by a Ron Finley, a guerrilla gardener. He says in a
TED talk "that when kids grow their food, they eat that food"
It’s no surprise but most cities don’t boast healthy food as the norm for inner-city
folk.
After having a warrant for his garden that he planted on
city land outside his house, on the strip of land between the sidewalk and the
street, Ron has gone on a spree of planting gardens wherever he sees a need.
With planting a garden at a homeless shelter in downtown LA, to helping the
members of communities appreciate the beauty in planting and maintaining your
own food supply.
Finley says that the city of LA owns 26 sq miles of vacant
lots, which in equivalent to 20 central parks and could grow 724,838,400 tomato
plants. He asks why the city would not allow garden planting to be
alright. He’s got my attention and it
seems like its how the rest of the world has enough to eating rural areas. So
why don’t we try this. Start planting your own gardens and you’ll see the
health benefits, environmental benefits and cultural benefits that having your
own garden gives. My family has already started our own garden and it’s
extremely beneficial.
Ron Finley has more to say on urban gardens in his TED talk here.
By Good News Network
Saturday, March 23, 2013
