citys growing produce!

I was listening to Colorado Public Radio the other day and heard an interview with a man who worked with the city of Colorado Springs (who are experiencing a budget crisis and are cutting programs, including decorative plantings) to plant the city parks and decorative spaces with veggies as a form of expanding community gardens in spaces the city can't care for.  Today i read this article in GRIST about other cities around the US that are planting gardens in these previously-decorative-only spaces, and anyone can zip by and harvest the veggies for free.  What a win-win!