Growing Community in Vacant Chicago Lots

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Takeaways:

  • The Harambee Garden located in the Austin neighbourhood of Chicago has been going strong for 12 years.
  • The garden sits in what was once a vacant lots but now houses beds of vegetables and fruits soaking in the sun and goats from a nearby farm.
  • The food that is grown in the garden is given to people who tend to the garden, or it is given to the firehouse, senior or other neighbours in the area.

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