The Community Organizing Effort That Helped Save an Urban Farm in New Orleans
A park had plans on building a road through a beloved urban farm and youth program in New Orleans. But the farm’s supporters weren’t having it.
by Drew Costley, Verite News
Hundreds of supporters of Grow Dat Youth Farm showed up to a City Park Conservancy public planning meeting at Dillard University to voice their concerns about the park’s plan to build a road through the farm in March. Photo by Minh Ha/Verite News.