For those interested in urban agriculture and the issues entangled in it, this video might be of some use when thinking and talking about those issues - particularly public space.
If you'll remember from our documentary Spreading Seeds, we identified the decline of public space as being one of the fundamental issues that urban agriculture helps to mitigate.
In this insightful, passionate, and sometimes genuinely funny talk, James Howard Kunstler speaks to the "tragedy of suburbia", and the need for citizens to reclaim, and redesign public space. Kunstler insists that we need space in our cities to be proud of, space that is meaningful to human life, and space that we can and want to care for. Moreover he is arguing that change is needed across the spectrum of life, (and with regard to agriculture), "The days of the 3000 mile caesar salad are over".
>>Click here to watch The Tragedy of Suburbia
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