Local Food, Urban Gardening, and Art

The Urban Food Revolution seems to be a somewhat isolated occurrence.  The same people visit community gardens and participate in farmers markets.  I would love to reach a more diverse audience.  The way that we feed cities must be taken into account in Albuquerque.  I see a growing change such as the East Central Ministries.  People in a city could elicit change by refusing to eat “empty” food.  The reality is that empty food is cheap and fast.  Why can’t real food be more affordable?    Through community involvement we could teach families how to make whole foods from scratch and to grow food in their own gardens. I hope that guerilla gardening can take more root.  There is endless open ground in Albuquerque that could be used for community gardening.  Maybe people in Albuquerque should take it upon themselves to plant in these areas.  The city of Albuquerque should try to fund a nonexpensive way to gather food and resources within city limits. I like the idea of small mobile units that move around Albuquerque bringing education and functional resources to an area. Nils Norman created a mobile library/greenhouse and the Geocruiser.  The Geocruiser was equipped with solar array, and a worm composter.  It reminds me of the mobile libraries which would go into neighborhoods giving out books where access to books was limited.

Nils Norman, Geocruiser, 2001

Nils Norman, The Gerard Winstanley Radical Gardening Space Reclamation Mobile Field Center and Weather Station Prototype (NYC Chapter), 1999