Friday, February 20, 2009
Better Than Food Stamps
City Slicker Farms in West Oakland builds and maintains backyard vegetable gardens for low-income residents of West Oakland. 2 minute video here.
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Edges are the most fertile areas in any ecosystem. All along the edge is where we find new and different life bursting forth. An edge is also the precipice off which we might fall if we aren't mindful.
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