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Edible Urban Gardens Good Enough to Eat

From NOLA to Cuba, discover five edible gardens created by urban dwellers who weren't afraid to get their hands dirty.

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Growing Home has a green agenda as well. "It's woven into the program in a subtle way to help push people to a more sustainable future," Feldman says, noting the incorporation of water-harvesting and composting systems in the list of credited projects. Of the approximately 70,000 vacant lots in New Orleans, 10,000 have been sold to NORA to be rehabilitated by buyers. NORA and Feldman hope that of those properties, 3,500 will end up enrolled with Growing Home. "People are just chomping at the bit to do the work, the only thing slowing them down is getting to close the sale," Feldman says. So though not everything is simple in the Big Easy, there are certainly those who are working to restore it to its former glory.
Growing Home has a green agenda as well. "It's woven into the program in a subtle way to help push people to a more sustainable future," Feldman says, noting the incorporation of water-harvesting and composting systems in the list of credited projects. Of the approximately 70,000 vacant lots in New Orleans, 10,000 have been sold to NORA to be rehabilitated by buyers. NORA and Feldman hope that of those properties, 3,500 will end up enrolled with Growing Home. "People are just chomping at the bit to do the work, the only thing slowing them down is getting to close the sale," Feldman says. So though not everything is simple in the Big Easy, there are certainly those who are working to restore it to its former glory.
Wakeland goes to work on the garden terraces where the couple grows much of their own food.
Wakeland goes to work on the garden terraces where the couple grows much of their own food.
Farming Cuba: Oxen Working the Land Oxen replaced tractors in the Special Period, and remain common in Havana today. This team is working at the Vivero Alamar organopónico in Havana. Photo provided by Carey Clouse
Farming Cuba: Oxen Working the Land Oxen replaced tractors in the Special Period, and remain common in Havana today. This team is working at the Vivero Alamar organopónico in Havana. Photo provided by Carey Clouse
Helen Rice watering the garden outside of her Charleston residence.
Helen Rice watering the garden outside of her Charleston residence.