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A GUERRILLA GARDENER IN SOUTH CENTRAL LA

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Ron Finley |
TED2013
• February 2013

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Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots,
traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to
offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are
killing more people than the drive-bys."
 * culture
 * social change
 * food
 * health
 * agriculture
 * gardening

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Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots,
traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to
offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are
killing more people than the drive-bys."
 * culture
 * social change
 * food
 * health
 * agriculture
 * gardening


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feature it for you.


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Ron Finley
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Ron Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert
by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating.


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A victory for urban gardeners
Thanks in part to a petition introduced by Ron Finley, Los Angeles has legalized
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