A guerrilla gardener in South Central LA

Name: A guerrilla gardener in South Central LA
Uploaded: 2013-03-06T16:06:58Z
Duration: 10 min 29 s
Description: Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."

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Ron Finley |

TED2013

• February 2013

Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."

culture
social change
food
health
agriculture
gardening