Urban gardening on a large scale will need community pressure on gov. and landlords. In San Diego water availability/usage is a concern.
On an encouraging note, our local elementary has over the last 5-10 years developed a small but inviting urban food forest. Not sure the design was intentional or evolutionary, but the vegetable and fruit garden is now a somewhat messy but cooling environment adjacent to the traditional asphalt parking lot.
Ms. Eliz, yes, during WWI, the Depression, WWII, the US government had great success promoting home gardening, but once those campaigns ended, the gardens went back to being lawns and open lots.
I just now picked up George Monbiot's "Regenesis," his new book on farming. He says that urban farming could never have the significance to help with our food problems. On the other hand, they can make life so much more pleasant for neighborhoods and cities.
Urban gardening on a large scale will need community pressure on gov. and landlords. In San Diego water availability/usage is a concern.
On an encouraging note, our local elementary has over the last 5-10 years developed a small but inviting urban food forest. Not sure the design was intentional or evolutionary, but the vegetable and fruit garden is now a somewhat messy but cooling environment adjacent to the traditional asphalt parking lot.
Ms. Eliz, yes, during WWI, the Depression, WWII, the US government had great success promoting home gardening, but once those campaigns ended, the gardens went back to being lawns and open lots.
I just now picked up George Monbiot's "Regenesis," his new book on farming. He says that urban farming could never have the significance to help with our food problems. On the other hand, they can make life so much more pleasant for neighborhoods and cities.