This is a photo from the Brick City Urban Farm website. It’s in Newark, N.J.
No, this isn’t a turned earth farm. Those vegetables are growing in EarthBoxes (sub-irrigated grow boxes) rather than dirt. There are about 1,000 boxes sitting on a previously empty lot in this center city location and on a rooftop nearby. The man in the middle is Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark.
I wonder how many other cities in the top 100 U.S. cities have a "brick city" grow box farm. Further, how many big city mayors do you think would have any clue as to what an EarthBox or sub-irrigated grow box is? My guess is somewhere between a few and none with my best guess being none.
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