With the spring growing season right around the corner, slow-food and environmental advocates are making their annual call for more urban farming, with special emphasis on the "urban" part.
Growing food, proponents say, does not require a backyard or a community garden, but simply realistic expectations, some decent sunlight, persistence and some inventive planters.
"Urban agriculture is a global movement, " said Pam Broom, deputy director of the New Orleans Food and Farm Network. Broom will conduct a "Growing For Food" workshop today at the New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park.
"Particularly because the first lady created the garden at the White House, because recently she launched the initiative focusing on childhood obesity, and because we all as a society strayed away from healthy eating "¦ this trend has not only taken off nationally but here in New Orleans.
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