EPISODE · Apr 5, 2021 · 33 MIN
Community Gardens- Strong Women Conclusion
from And Now a Word from Our Environment · host Lenny Librizzi
This is the second part and conclusion of an interview with Jane Weissman who from 1984 to 1998 was Director of GreenThumb, NYC's municipal gardening program. Jane picks up the story of the crisis that GreenThumb as a program faced in 1995 and tells a first hand account of the threats to the gardens from Mayor Giuliani. She also discusses the ongoing efforts to preserve the gardens. In this episode Jane mentions these 2 volumes of stories told by the gardeners. Here are the links to the .pdf documents. City Farmers:Tales from the Field and Tales From the Field II
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This is the second part and conclusion of an interview with Jane Weissman who from 1984 to 1998 was Director of GreenThumb, NYC's municipal gardening program. Jane picks up the story of the crisis that GreenThumb as a program faced in 1995 and tells a first hand account of the threats to the gardens from Mayor Giuliani. She also discusses the ongoing efforts to preserve the gardens. In this episode Jane mentions these 2 volumes of stories told by the gardeners. Here are the links to the .pdf documents. City Farmers:Tales from the Field and Tales From the Field II
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