In the 1990's, millions of Americans are chronically hungry and malnourished.
American cities decay, vacant lot by vacant lot.
Youth unemployment and school drop-out rates approach crisis proportions. Older Americans live in physical and social ghettos, cut off from healthy interaction with the larger society. And children in cities think vegetables come from supermarkets. Communities organizing around a neutral issue like gardening helps get to the root of some of the above problems. The community gardening and greening movement brings together neighbors and others of diverse cultures, ethnicities, ages, and abilities to work for change by creating new community resources.