Lots of Food

This Idea has been incorporated into the Sustainable Urban Farming Initiative. 

Idea Overview

Collect abandoned lots and turn them into sustainable urban gardens that provide an alternative to store-bought produce and act as a community connection point

Idea Round Up Concept Sheet

Who worked on idea?

Lauren Urbschat, Hilary Meurer, Jessica King, Shad Henderson, Matt O'Brien

What is the idea?

Collect abandoned lots and turn them into sustainable urban gardens that provide an alternative to store-bought produce and act as a community connection point

How would idea work?

• Vegetable and flower garden, compost pile, benches
• Produce food, educate, improve nutrition
• Beautify blighted neighborhoods
• Community ownership
• Sustainable system
• Environmental cleanup
• Utilize the Side Lot program that offers homeowners opportunity to purchase abandoned lots adjacent to their property

Pluses:

• Youth and elderly work together
• Skills taught
• Homeowners benefit

Concerns:

• Contaminated soil
• Shared responsibility
• Obtaining properties
• Maintaining project

Community opportunities:

Community areas with vacant lots that lack good grocery stores