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Why not food plants in public spaces?
I've never understood why most of the plants in public spaces (parks, streets, etc.) are not edible. In a country where beggars are everywhere in the big cities and where weather is so good you don't really need to much care like Mexico. Why not plant edible foods in public spaces and let the people eat them at pleasure.
Does anyone know a place where this happens?
Does anyone know a place where this happens?
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Comment by Ken Eklund on March 21, 2010 at 8:14pm
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Hey Sayel – what you're talking about is "guerrilla (sometimes spelled 'guerilla') gardening" and there are other EVOKE Agents talking about it too! Like Mia Judkins and Adam Sunman and Ben and Jasper and especially seed bombs with Jesse State! Good question – A few bonus points for you for Spark!
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Comment by Sayel Cortes on March 22, 2010 at 12:03am
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Thanks for the references I'll check them up and I love the work of guerrilla gardeners.. I just wonder why wouldn't the government do it? it's so obvious and they're spending our taxes to have the "decorative" plants and trees anyway!
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I also love the term "guerrilla gardening". You can find out more about this movement at http://www.guerrillagardening.org/.
I get what you say. People need some challenge to improve. I live in Mexico with awesome weather, yet there are so many beggars, corruption, poverty, etc. The country has so many natural resources we can still keep on going, unfortunately I guess most of the people won´t really act about social and environmental problems until they feel them too close =(
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Comment by Turil Cronburg on March 23, 2010 at 10:31pm
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We have an organization in the Boston area called Earthworks that collaborates with the government to plant fruit trees and berry bushes and grape vines in parks and schoolyards. And it's really wonderful! It's good that they chose these larger food plants, so that the not-so-smart maintenance guys don't mow them down by accident. :-)
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Awesome Turil!!! I'm already checking the site. How does people react to such trees? do they take the fruit? do they waste it since it´s "free"? Can you tell if people with less resources somehow have a better oportunity too feed themselves thanks to this?
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Comment by Starling on March 24, 2010 at 8:29am
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You would also like to see the DVD "Power of community - how Cuba survived peak oil" - shows lots of urban agriculture.
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Oh!!! Actually I read about Cuban urban farms from a post here: http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/cuban-lessons-for-a-famin... (check the link at the end)
It's really amazing what they did!!! I wish my government could do something like that. Democracy has many pros, but politics spends so much time, energy and resources convincing each other that I wonder how much could be done if they would just follow one lead =/
Thanks for the dvd reference =)
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I know in some rural areas, farmers let everybody take from the first 1-2 rows of what they planted. That's a great way to cooperate with the community and a no-written rule for everyone is not to take more than the first 1-2 rows so no one has to worry about people stealing crops =)
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Comment by Yari A. Ojeda Sandel on March 24, 2010 at 8:59am
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Another key word related to this idea is 'Urban Foraging'. I saw a news clip about it a year or so ago .. where a woman went around her city and found places that edible fruits and vegetables were growing and then asked if it was okay if she picked the excess to eat. She ended up making a route to pick the foods and then shared the information with other people who in turn helped to expand the route. It is a wonderful community idea :)
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Comment by Calida DeBello on March 24, 2010 at 2:49pm
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