Greetings Farmers!
Our focus-farmer this week is Ron Finley - an urban farmer in South Central Los Angeles. His group, LA Green Grounds, works to grow food in the patch of land between the sidewalk and the street in neighborhoods known as "food deserts."
A "food desert" is an area, usually in a city, where there are no grocery stores and access to fresh food is limited.
Ron Finley noticed that access to fast food, convenience stores, and processed food was negatively affecting the community, so, he decided to teach people to grow their own food and be stewards of their own land.
Watch his amazing TED Talk:
*He says, "Growing your own food is like printing your own money."
Take care, Everyone, Everywhere!
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