East Point, Georgia, is pilot city in new urban farm initiative
“The average American cannot pay more for fruit, vegetables,” Webb said.
By: Lori Wilson
WSB-TV and WSBTV.com
January 29, 2021
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Channel 2 Anchor Lori Wilson spoke with Reynaldo “Brother” Holmes who has his own community garden, Soul Spirit Farmers in East Point.
“We really believe growing your own food is really the key to self-sustainability and really the key to true freedom,” said Holmes.
Holmes was inspired by his family’s Caribbean tradition of home gardening. His garden and produce is available to anyone who is hungry or ready to learn.
“If every one of the majorities of our neighborhood a community was growing, there would not be no such thing as a food desert,” said Holmes.
Holmes is proof you don’t need acres of land to grow food. Shopping carts, rain gutters, even a play pen are filled with produce.
Kate Conner is the interim director of the Food Well Alliance, she told Wilson their objective is to connect growers and city leaders to create access to healthy, local food. She says food scarcity in the first weeks of the pandemic highlighted the need.
“What brother Holmes is doing is exactly what we want people to see. Local food is the healthiest food, and it is the most important in terms of resiliency in the long term,” said Conner.
