Freedom’s Seeds: Reflections of Food, Race, and Community Development: Voices of the Food Movement in Detroit
First paragraph: Tee is a mother of four, born and raised in Detroit. She became an urban gardener one day in 2009 when she decided to take her lawnmower to a nearby abandoned, vacant lot filled with chest-high weeds and turn it into a community garden. Once she had cleared the space, she went doo...
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Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
2017-03-01
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Tee is a mother of four, born and raised in Detroit. She became an urban gardener one day in 2009 when she decided to take her lawnmower to a nearby abandoned, vacant lot filled with chest-high weeds and turn it into a community garden. Once she had cleared the space, she went door to door inviting neighbors to meet up to co-create a beautiful space. Where once pedestrians had crossed the street to avoid walking by a lot that seemed sinister, during the growing season it is now inviting, filled with fresh fruits and vegetables such as kale, tomatoes, collards, onions, watermelon, and zucchini the community grows. They also grow flowers, including lavender. Music can be heard while neighbors work in the garden, and artists are hard at work painting signs, building compost bins, and creating other garden decorations that together make this a community space.... |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e87a30d558124b13804c29a968e171862023-09-02T08:15:23ZengLyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development2152-08012017-03-017210.5304/jafscd.2017.072.009503Freedom’s Seeds: Reflections of Food, Race, and Community Development: Voices of the Food Movement in DetroitMonica M. White0University of Wisconsin–MadisonFirst paragraph: Tee is a mother of four, born and raised in Detroit. She became an urban gardener one day in 2009 when she decided to take her lawnmower to a nearby abandoned, vacant lot filled with chest-high weeds and turn it into a community garden. Once she had cleared the space, she went door to door inviting neighbors to meet up to co-create a beautiful space. Where once pedestrians had crossed the street to avoid walking by a lot that seemed sinister, during the growing season it is now inviting, filled with fresh fruits and vegetables such as kale, tomatoes, collards, onions, watermelon, and zucchini the community grows. They also grow flowers, including lavender. Music can be heard while neighbors work in the garden, and artists are hard at work painting signs, building compost bins, and creating other garden decorations that together make this a community space....https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/503DetroitUrban AgricultureCommunity GardensRace |
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| title | Freedom’s Seeds: Reflections of Food, Race, and Community Development: Voices of the Food Movement in Detroit |
| title_full | Freedom’s Seeds: Reflections of Food, Race, and Community Development: Voices of the Food Movement in Detroit |
| title_fullStr | Freedom’s Seeds: Reflections of Food, Race, and Community Development: Voices of the Food Movement in Detroit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Freedom’s Seeds: Reflections of Food, Race, and Community Development: Voices of the Food Movement in Detroit |
| title_short | Freedom’s Seeds: Reflections of Food, Race, and Community Development: Voices of the Food Movement in Detroit |
| title_sort | freedom s seeds reflections of food race and community development voices of the food movement in detroit |
| topic | Detroit Urban Agriculture Community Gardens Race |
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