MH Forte, a 94-year-old South Los Angeles resident, stands in the Good Earth Community Garden in West Adams, where he has farmed for many years. Eddie Anderson, chief executive of the interfaith Partnership for Growth Los Angeles, announces a groundbreaking new urban farming initiative aimed at addressing food instability and economic inequality throughout parts of South and West L.A. Assemblymember …
A slice of strawberry shortcake at a previous Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. “We used to have prolific strawberry fields in Garden Grove, and it was one of our main crops,” said Andrea Perez, president of the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Strawberries are not quite as prevalent in the city today, but the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival still runs annually. The …
Friends Al Wicks and Ruby Thorburn have always had the "pipe dream" of starting a community garden. Together they formed "Growing Forward", a community organisation dedicated to setting up guerilla community gardens in under-utilised public space. "We usually get more people in the working bees when we say it's a pot luck as well … people are like: 'Yay, free …
