ABSTRACT
ANNIE KING, PETER GREEN, GUADALUPE PENA, WENDY CHEN, and LOUIS SCHUETTER
4.1 INTRODUCTION
According to Lawson [1], Mayor Pingree (Detroit, IL) proposed and promoted production of Pingree Potato Patches on donated vacant lots during the depression of 1893. Following the success of these gardens, others were created in Boston, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia. As noted in Figure 1, the popularity of urban gardens subsided and rose again during various times in US history. By the 1970’s the American Community Gardening Association was formed by activists across the country.
