Friday, March 06, 2009

Fruitless

This is a brief article on Will Allen, and the urban farming business he started up. It sounds like he's doing happy work, but the first few sentences are terrifying:
Forget organic and locally grown food—in America's poorest urban neighborhoods, it's hard to find any affordable fruits and vegetables at all. Six grocery stores serve South Los Angeles' population of 688,000. West Oakland has no supermarkets, but close to 60 liquor stores.

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