Most people who buy the land we already know what they will do with its plot. For some it is about building your dream home for retirement, others simply plan to hold it only for investment to resell on the road. However, there are some people who buy the land, because they want to do a difference and do something useful with it. In this age of increasing environmental awareness, many people wonder what to do to turn back to Earth. One of productive uses a small plot of land is to start a community garden, also known as an urban garden in some cities. This blog is intended for those interested in discovering the benefits of transforming a wasteland into a beautiful and bountiful garden that nourishes the community.
Before entering the prize details a community garden, did you know that today most of our food comes from more than 1,250 miles or more? In the U.S., the number hectares of land used for farming is decreasing every year. Now there are fewer financial incentives to become a farmer. Currently, only about 19 cents of every dollar spent on food goes back to the farm, but that figure is more than twice that amount in 1975 to 40 cents per dollar. It is estimated that only 1% today of our population are farmers, compared with about 90% at the turn of the century. Consequently, we are forced to import our products from abroad. This is not at all economical and one of the reasons why the cost of food varies widely. If the price of gas goes up, the transportation of food price goes up, and we all pay for this increase in check-out of the online grocery store. What's more is that these foreign sources does not can be as reliable or even available around us in the near future.
This brings us back to why community gardens are so important. Small parcels of land in urban areas work very well, as it gives people who do not have their own courts the opportunity to grow their own vegetables. Community gardens can help to recover their neighborhoods, and can bring some much needed greenery to urban landscape, which could turn a trash-strewn eyesore of a vacant lot in a beautiful oasis that everyone who comes to enjoy. This not only provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, but also improves the quality of life in the area. Fruits, vegetables and flowers not only beautify the land, but also improves the quality of food available to the growers. Since 1945, pesticide use chemicals in the food grown worldwide has increased tenfold. Many people want to eat food free of pesticides, but often can not pay at the store. Orchards fresh food produce, organic, delicious and nutritious that also helps reduce family food budgets.
Some of the benefits of the gardens community are intangible, such as how gardens provide a place for recreation and social interaction between generations for retirees. In school and after of school garden programs for youth to promote productive activity, education and confidence which then can become a permanent skill-building self-sufficiency. The variety of cultivated crops may also reflect the cultural identity of those who planted the garden. Some community garden programs, even donate the products they grow to local hunger agencies to help feed the poor.
Here are links to some resources for more information on starting your own community garden:
Community gardening – Wikipedia
How to create an urban garden – eHow.com
Urban Gardening Help – Gardening information and a forum
Urban Garden Casual – gardening blog for the urban dweller
American Community Gardening Association – National resources to help with the commencement of urban gardens
The Association of neighborhood gardens – The Next Generation is a trust acquiring the land in which they develop community gardens
Here are several examples of community gardens across the U.S.:
Gardens Spiral – Berkeley, California,
Urban Harvest – Houston, Texas,
DUG – Denver Urban Gardens Denver, Colorado,
Pikes Peak Gardens Urban – Denver, Colorado,
Community Roots Farm – Boulder, Colorado
Milwaukee Urban Gardens – Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Guerrillas Green – New York, New York
Penn State Urban Gardening Program – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia Green – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Urban Garden collaborative Durham – Durham, North Carolina
Brightside Community Gardens – Louisville, Kentucky,
City Farmer – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Communities in Philadelphia, for example, have organized more gardens than any other city in the nation. There are about 465 of the community vegetable gardens and more than 1,000 flower gardens that thrive in suburban Philadelphia. Of the 618 families involved, have produced more than $ 1.5 million food in urban gardens. This is rather surprising considering that these gardens were started from almost nothing – at least that's how it was perceived vacant lots before processing. Imagine what could occur in a small plot of land and make the Earth and the health of your family … Now, please take a moment to check the land that we sell.
… And please remember that every little thing that everyone does the willingness to help!
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