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Feeding South L.A. Through Urban Farming

“If kids grow kale, kids eat kale.” Photo: Rochelle, just Rochelle/Flickr

“The drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys…Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do, especially in the inner city.” —Ron Finley, co-founder of L.A. Green Grounds and South L.A.’s self-described “guerrilla gardener,” in a TED Talk describing his efforts to stymie poverty and hunger through urban farming. [TED via Squid Ink]

Feeding South L.A. Through Urban Farming