Grow Where You Are! Urban Gardening

Grow where you are! That's right. You don't need a farm to cultivate a garden and produce delicious vegetables and beautiful flowers. The art of urban gardening is in the use of tires, cardboard, old fencing and many other discarded items that fill the urban landscape. For example, old tires are good for raised flower beds and excellent for root crops like potatoes. Of course, besides being aesthetic and fun, there are environmental and economic benefits to urban gardening. And it's a great way to protest the privatization of land and food. My guest this Thursday will be Eugene Cook. Eugene has been growing food and supporting sustainable Community projects for over 15 years. He is the former Technical Director of Food Forestry International in Los Angeles. Today Eugene manages crop production for Truly Living Well Natural Urban Farms in Atlanta and has taken a leading role in developing the Agriculture and Environmental curriculum with Pearl Academy Environmental Institute in Georgia. He is a natural and inspiring speaker in the local food movement. His gardens are feeding families from DC to Kenya to LA.