Summer of Solutions: Urban Gardening
August 17th, 2010
From a July Star Tribune Article:
“This June and July a team of young people, working on a project called Summer of Solutions, are teaming up with local neighborhood organizations in North Minneapolis to address food security and accessibility issues as a path to social and environmental justice. The gardens and farms will feed many people in the area later in the summer and help people, “look at land in a new way,” in the words of Annie Young, an Environmental Justice organizer with the Harrison Neighborhood Association (HNA).”
This is a concept that has long been stewing in my brain, whenever I see vacant lots, large grassy yards at churches, and even boulevards I imagine them planted with veggie gardens that anyone can harvest from. The initial idea seed was planted in my brian by an amazing neighbor of mine. Richard has been planting his boulevard with lettuce and cherry tomatoes for years with a cute sign saying “please pick.” I’m thrilled to see this idea becoming a more wide spread reality.
