Ron Finley, guerilla gardener of South Central LA, awarded 'Natural American Heroes' award from Natural News

http://www.naturalnews.com/041688_Ron_Finley_guerilla_gardener_Natural_American_Heroes_award.html

This idea of teaching people to grow their own food drives control freak government bureaucrats crazy. The city of Los Angeles, in fact, tried to force him to destroy his curbside food forest. As he explained:

I planted a food forest in front of my house. ...The city came down on me, and gave me a citation saying that I had to remove my garden. And this citation turned into a warrant. A warrant for planting food...

With the help of an LA Times reporter and hundreds of petitioners, Finley was finally victorious over an idiotic city policy that wanted to destroy his food forest and turn it back into a curbside of useless weeds.

Now, Ron Finley is on a mission to inspire others to turn vacant lots into food forests, transforming communities and teaching kids the value of growing your own food.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/041688_Ron_Finley_guerilla_gardener_Natural_American_Heroes_award.html#ixzz2cX5FVs6N

Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA  (TED talk)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzZzZ_qpZ4w