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I swapped my south Los Angeles lawn for a verdant microfarm – now I feed the neighborhood

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Beverly Lofton in her garden in the View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles late last month. Photograph: Gabriella Angotti-Jones/The Guardian

Today, it’s a verdant microfarm that uses solar power and recycled water to grow carrots, beets, potatoes and more, with the bounty distributed to her neighbors.

By Victoria Namkung
The Guardian
May 15, 2024

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n 2020, during the pandemic, I connected with Crop Swap LA, a local group that turns unused spaces like front lawns into sustainable microfarms in a way that creates jobs and preserves water – and then equitably distributes the food grown on them. Their goal is to have microfarms in places hardest hit by food insecurity and food apartheid. My neighborhood has been called a food desert. Grocery stores and other stores keep closing, while more and more apartment-style housing is being built.

We started the conversion in 2021 and we celebrated the grand opening in 2022. A lot of people are always walking by with their dogs and their kids in strollers so they see the progress – it’s always a moment of conversation. Crop Swap LA took out all of the grass and I was able to get a $4,500 rebate from the Los Angeles department of water and power for the turf that was removed.

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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/i-swapped-my-south-los-angeles-lawn-for-a-verdant-microfarm-now-i-feed-the-neighborhood/


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