By TED, February 2013
Artist
and designer Ron Finley couldn’t help but notice what was going on in his
backyard. “South Central Los Angeles,” he quips, “home of the drive-thru and
the drive-by.” And it's the drive-thru fast-food stands that contribute more to
the area’s poor health and high mortality rate, with one in two kids
contracting a curable disease like Type 2 diabetes.
Finley’s vision for a healthy, accessible “food forest” started
with the curbside veggie garden he planted in the strip of dirt in front of his
own house. When the city tried to shut it down, Finley’s fight gave voice to a larger movement that provides nourishment, empowerment, education -- and
healthy, hopeful futures -- one urban garden at a time.
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