Urban Farming Meets Southern Grit: How New Orleans Growers Are Reclaiming Space and Feeding Communities
June 6, 2025
Walk past a vacant lot in New Orleans, and you might see more than weeds. You might spot rows of okra or collards, a child hauling a watering can, or a neighbor tending to a compost pile. In neighborhoods long overlooked by development and city services, residents are turning empty land into something vital: nourishment. […]

