Nowadays, localization is combating globalization in many
ways and bringing communities throughout the United States back together. I
read about an urban farming group called Stone’s Throw Urban Farm which I found
to be a very interesting example of how localization is fighting back against
globalization.
Stone’s Throw Urban Farms have over 16 urban farm plots
located throughout the city of Minneapolis. These plots were built on old
vacant lots and the project was started as just a hobby. But now they serve a
good portion of the areas needs as far as fresh fruits and vegetables. Stone’s
Throw Urban Farms aims to change Minneapolis’s local food scene as well as the
way people look at farming.
Some cities like Chicago and Cincinnati have dealt with
decreasing population in the past few years. Stone’s Throw Urban Farms is
helping to stop this from happening in Minneapolis because they help to give an
alternative use to vacated land, beautify the land, increased supply of fresh
fruits and vegetables to the community as well as reducing energy use and transportation
costs. They stated that their goals included: “sustainability, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and
improving access to healthy, locally grown foods.” This group is really putting
a big impact on Minneapolis, by starting something like this, they can
eventually change the way the city gets their food and the way people thik
about farming in general.
This Urban Farm group is affecting the happiness of the
community as a whole. In collaboration with each other added with participation
from the members of their community, they have created something that can help
to improve their community as a whole as well as becoming much more
sustainable.
