"To me, gardening is also an art. Nobody does art like Mother Nature! Mother Nature designed all these plants. The garden is another palette, another canvas, and now you are using plants to paint that canvas and shape it the way you want to do it." - Ron Finley
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Detroit Community Gardens

The exodus of residents of Detroit has left the city dotted with crumbling buildings and empty lots. Many of those lots have been turned into community gardens like these outside of Downtown


 


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Are You In a Food Desert? Find out.

A food desert is a geographic area where affordable and nutritious food is difficult to obtain, particularly for those without access to an automobile. 

Food deserts usually exist in rural areas and low-income communities.

Source: Wikipedia 

 

Find out if your community is in a food desert here.