Urban Farming: A Reality on the Borderland?

Friend, Matt Venhaus, let me know about the new community garden started in the historic Mesquite District of Las Cruces. There are 24 - 8 x 4 foot plots along with sheds for tools, irrigation and security. The garden is a project of Las Esperanzas Inc., a group dedicated to restoring this historic district. Gardeners will be able to receive support from the New Mexico State Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardeners.

Activist Tanya Raven said, "I hope it flourishes and multiplies. There are so many little undeveloped pockets of land sprinkled throughout towns that can be utilized in ways like this - best would be near apartments where people typically don't have an inch of soil to use."

To learn more about urban farming visit Urban Harvest or Urban Farming which has a great video at the start of its home page.