Several days ago I was approached by a young woman named Megan Maurer, asking if she could interview me for her master’s thesis. I agreed on one condition. I told her that, for every question she asked me, I’d ask one of my own. What follows are her responses to my questions. MARK: As I […]
Tag Archives: urban gardening
Ypsi Immigration Interview: Megan Maurer
Posted in Environment, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged AAATA, AmeriCorps, Beezy's, civic engagement, civic life, Columbus, community gardens, cultural anthropology, Deja Vu, dissertations, Dos Hermanos, environmentalism, FernGully, gardening, gateway drugs, graduate school, Growing Hope, immigration interview, Indian restaurants, Kenyon, Kenyon Lords and Ladies, local food, Megan Maurer, More Buses, Ohio, Philander Chase, Portland, public space, race, research, social justice, Sustainability, tamales, Ypsi immigration interview 6 Comments
Amanda Edmonds on the future of Growing Hope and this weekend’s big fundraiser
As I’ve mentioned here before, one of my favorite local non-profits is the urban farming education and advocacy organization Growing Hope. And, as they still have a ticket or two available for the big fundraiser this weekend at their new Michigan Avenue facility, I thought that now might be a good time to check in […]
Posted in Agriculture, entrepreneurism, Environment, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bona Sera, Brandon Johns, canning, Chefs in the Garden, Cleveland, co-ops, Enterprising Health, farmers market, food justice, food preservation, food security, food stamps, Garden Leadership Training, Grange, Growing Gardens, Growing Hope, healthy food access, hoophouse, International Public Markets Conference, Michigan Avenue, place making, Project for Public Spaces, snap, social entrepreneurship, solar, urban agriculture, urban food system, winter farmers' market, Wolverine Diner 9 Comments
The closing of Detroit’s Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women
Today I learned about a documentary called Grown in Detroit. Here, according to the website for the film, is what it’s about. Grown in Detroit focuses on the urban gardening efforts managed by a public school of 300, mainly african-american, pregnant and parenting teenagers. In Detroit alone, there are annually more than 3,000 pregnant teenagers […]
Posted in Detroit Also tagged Back to the roots, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, class warfare, Detroit Public Schools, documentary film, education reform, gardening, Grown in Detroit, nutrition, public education, school closings, sit-ins, teen pregnancy, the growing gap between rich and poor 78 Comments