The Appeal of Urban Farming
05 March 2012
Volunteers harvest spinach at EcoCity Farms in Edmonston, Maryland
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Old properties and empty lots in cities and towns around the United States are finding new life as urban farms.
Eco City Farms in Edmonston, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community. People do not have very much money, and they have limited access to fresh food in markets.
Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson.
MARCY CLARK: “It’s important that the children understand the connection between the food that they eat, the soil, the air, the pollution, how all this is connected to their well-being.”
Her children harvested rows of spinach, mustard greens, lettuce, Swiss chard and carrots. What did Hannah, Caleb, John and Alston think of the experience?
HANNAH CLARK: “You know, it’s good for the earth and it’s good for us.”
CALEB CLARK: “It may not be like fun, fun, but it’s fun, ’cause you’re learning and not, like, writing something out on a piece of paper.”
JOHN CLARK: “Basically instead of feeling down when I have to eat vegetables, I feel happy.
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