Kevin Costner’s character, Ray Kinsella, in the 1989 movie Field of Dreams improbably plows up his corn field to build a baseball diamond when he hears a voice say “Build it and he will come.” Robert White’s story is just the opposite and equally improbable — but true. When Robert became possessed with the idea of growing food, he’d never done it before. But he went ahead anyway, starting with taking over an existing baseball diamond in Asheville NC and turning it into an urban farm. When I visited there in April, (more…)
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August 9, 2009
Unbuild it and they will come
Posted by ramblinrobert under Agroecology, Business, Community, Diet, Land, Urban farms | Tags: Asheville NC, Pisgah View Community Peace Garden, Urban agriculture |Leave a Comment