I just saw Grown in Detroit, an excellent documentary on the public (now charter) high school Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit. It teaches teenage girls who are pregnant or already mothers how to grow their own food in the school's urban garden. Great example of the interrelationships within the system: the girls are educated, their children are educated, they grow food for themselves and their community, they learn about nutrition and business, vacant lots become productive farmland...the list goes on.
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