Why Hayes Valley Farm Doesn’t Care About Growing Food

Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch In many ways, a community garden is less about the “garden” and more about the “community,” and such is the case with San Francisco’s Hayes Valley Farm . Once the site of a freeway damaged in the 1989 earthquake, the unused space was going to be turned into housing. Instead, a group of activists got their hands on it and have turned it into a 2.5 acre haven for gardeners and anyone who just feels like getting dirty for a few hours. In fact, that’s really more the point of the Hayes Valley Farm project –… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Why Hayes Valley Farm Doesn’t Care About Growing Food

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