PEOPLE’S GROCERY FARM BLOG

We are calling all supporters of urban agriculture and food justice to turn their attention to the Hmong Gardenerss in Fresno, Ca. A bustling 4 acre piece of urban land is in the process of becoming a police substation in Fresno, Ca. According to an article on indybay.org the land was originally purchased with community development block grants and a police station may not fit within the original intention of the land use scheme. The city has offered to relocate the gardeners to a park site 1/8 the size of the garden. This garden feeds over 300 people, so according to our calculations that leaves 262.5 people without access to healthy, affordable, culturally appropriate fresh produce. What about these people we ask? Our list of concerns go on and on.

We are asking people to fax, call, and email Fresno City Council to tell them to keep their hands of this productive example of sustainable agriculture. Those city council members to contact are : Blong Xiong, Paul Capriolio, and Calhun their info can be found at

http://www.fresno.gov/Government/CityCouncil/Default.htm

We saw what happened to the South Central Farm in LA and
 we don't want to see another loss of
that scale to community food security.
 These farms and gardens are the example we should be
replicating, not removing!
For more info please check out this article:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/21/18545827.php

Check out Danae and Jennfier pack fresh organic veggies from the People’s Grocery Farm for our Friday GRUB BOX (CSA)