‘Food Not Lawns’: Organic Gardens vs. Chem-Fed Lawns
Published on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 by Inter Press Service
SAN DIEGO - Sandalistas are on the march here to create a homegrown organic food movement, encouraging gardeners to tear up their lawns for healthier, more natural alternatives.
In doing so, they’re advocating the re-greening of the urban landscape for the sake of food security and social justice.
About 400 people attended a recent conference titled “Cultivating Justice” under the aegis of “Food Not Lawns“, a grassroots organization that combines gardening with political action. On a sunny Saturday, the guerrilla gardening wing of the social justice movement broke bread with foodies to network and share information with other like-minded people who are concerned not just with what people eat, but how they go about procuring food.
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