By turning abandoned lots into food oases, urban farmers across American are reaching hundreds of thousands of people with sustainable produce and education (via SAVEURMAG)
When Malcolm Evans was nine years old, he noticed a commotion across the street as he exited the doors of his apartment building in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood.
, a non-profit organization co-founded by Erika in 2017 that operates eight farms on 11 acres of land across Chicago’s South Side, including the lot in Cabrini-Green. “Give us opportunity, give us land, and give us resources,” says New York City-based community organizer and food justice activist Karen Washington. “I don’t want a handout, I want a hand-in.” Washington is the co-founder of“When COVID was starting, the first thing that the city wanted to do was close the gardens,” says Washington, explaining that New York City was scrambling for ways to save money amid growing budgetary concerns.
“The savior complex permeates the nonprofit space. You parachute in and you lift out, and the community sees it coming a mile away. They’re not going to buy into it,” he says. Instead, “we use food as a vehicle of change.” It was during the 2008 financial crisis that Hillary made his way up to 135th Street and Lenox Avenue one afternoon and found himself in front of a school building. Soon after, he stumbled upon an abandoned lot across the street and went to work.
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