Urban Farms Work To Get Healthy Foods To Their Communities | TODAY

These days, hunger is hitting black and brown communities especially hard. In urban “food deserts” where access to healthy foods is hard to come by, some are turning to age-old solutions. Craig Melvin visits an urban farm in Red Hook, Brooklyn, as TODAY’s Inequality in America series continues.

About: TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting. We wake up every morning to give you and your family all you need to start your day. If it matters to you, it matters to us. We are in the people business. Subscribe to our channel for exclusive TODAY archival footage & our original web series.

Connect with TODAY Online!

#UrbanFarmsWork #HealthyFoods #TodayShow

Urban Farms Work To Get Healthy Foods To Their Communities | TODAY

[LdyButterflyDMG]

I live in the suburbs and have a small side yard and small but decent back yard that I fenced in a few years ago. I started with some basics last year in my back yard in containers (cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, mint, rosemary, and lettuce). This year, I did it again as well as bought two dwarf apple tree saplings, a young, dwarf seedless stella cherry tree (self pollinating -- doesn't need a second tree), and also planted 2 tea bushes and 2 upright black berry plants. As they're all young, I should see some favorable results next year. Oh. And I planted several double knockout roses bushes 3 years ago and learned how to dry the petals and mint -- I have plenty of rose and mint tea for the whole winter! :) It sounds complicated but it's not, really. Start small. Start in containers, if you want. Read, watch videos, then read and watch videos some more. Don't do it all at once. Do it in stages. A couple of steps at a time. Get some starter plants/seeds and get growing! This can be done in a yard, a patio, a porch, etc.