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1 freetoken  Tue, Aug 2, 2011 6:58:59pm

In many of these cases I think it comes down to "building community". There is a real nutritional benefit by increasing the consumption of fresh vegetables and fruit, but the bigger payoff is having members of a neighborhood getting to know each other and working together.

2 laZardo  Tue, Aug 2, 2011 7:27:47pm

Revitalizing communities through vegetable growing is a much, MUCH better way to go about it than doing so with hipsters.

3 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Aug 2, 2011 7:42:35pm

They tried that in Detroit, but in many parts of the city the soil is so poisoned with industrial waste that nothing will grow.

4 laZardo  Tue, Aug 2, 2011 8:55:48pm

re: #3 Alouette

They tried that in Detroit, but in many parts of the city the soil is so poisoned with industrial waste that nothing will grow.

Thus ironically (lol) making it a fertile breeding ground for the hipster. q;


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