“We’re all gardeners.
Think about it: The first job ever on this planet was gardening. God said to Adam, “Hey, dude, take care of my garden.” Eve, she had the fig leaf and the snake, and then God told Adam, “OK, don’t mess with that.” But the guy didn’t listen, so now we have plastic.
You don’t remember that story?”
Ron Finley,
Reader‘s Digest
Interview
Ron Finley is an L.A.-based artist and community leader who grew up in South Central L.A., where fresh produce was a 45-minute car ride away. When he replaced an abandoned strip outside his house with an edible garden, the city fined him. He even faced a possible arrest warrant.
Ron thinks that children shouldn’t have to choose between consuming fried, fattening foods and unlawfully gardening for their own health and survival. He is inspiring communities across America to become self-sufficient, grow their own food and replace food deserts with food forests.
