ABSTRACT
The convoluted histories which taint our relationship with landscapes, both inner and outer, render earth-based work an extremely powerful catalyst for healing between individuals and families, between nations and races, as well as for the living planetary ecosystems of which we are all part. Urban gardens give people of color a way to reestablish agrarian skills without having to move away from the safety of their own communities into rural areas, which they, often correctly, perceive as racist and hostile. In the shallow images of the farmer and the witch lie the remnants of our very own ancestral cultures, and therefore, they deserve to be paid some much deeper attention. The urban agriculture movement in the USA is headed-up by many people of color, and helps heal the ironic and inaccurate idea that all farmers are white. In the UK, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones founded the Young City Farmers program based on a similar sentiment.
