A Plot of One's Own

In 1975 the late Irma Scavenius, a schoolteacher from Anchorage, Alaska proposed that the city create community gardens to help residents with rising food costs. For thirty years city plots have nourished people who do not have land of their own. The use of the city land has been particularly helpful for Hmong refugees who have settled the area. Farming was a way of life for many of the refugees. The gardens present a way for the new immigrants to save money while providing familiar foods for the family.

Link: Community gardens nourish those with no land from the Anchorage Daily News

Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 12:36 PM on October 10, 2005

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