Urban Agriculture - Edible Rooftop Container Gardens
Abundance of fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables can be grown inexpensively in containers virtually anywhere -- at the edges of parking lots; along railroad tracks; on back porches; on rooftops; in patios; in driveways; in vacant lots between buildings; in brown fields or areas where there is a concern about soil pollutants; in areas where soil nutrition is lacking -- just about anywhere there is a bit of space, sun and access to water. In a 1993 experiment, Dr. Job Ebenezer, Director for Environmental Stewardship and Hunger Education also demonstratedhow fresh, healthy vegetables can be grown in abundance and inexpensively in containers virtually anywhere. moreAlso... I was once a victim of the never-ending flow of propaganda from the medical establishment - which I think of as the "disease" establishment because they focus on disease rather than on prevention and wellness. The orthodox medical establishment wants to maintain a monopoly on the word "cure"; they want us to believe that we have no control over our own health and that our only hope to get "well" is with drugs, surgery and radiation. In the story of my Journey Into Health I explain how I achieved radiant health without drugs, surgery or radiation."
In 1987 my rooftop garden won the New American Garden Contest Special Merit Award from the National Gardening Association. The National Gardening Magazine featured a 6 page article on my container garden. (other articles about my rooftop garden: April 1988 issue 'Up on The Roof' - and also in the Futurist Magazine March-April 1993 'Gardens in the Sky'). For 8 years I grew a wide variety of fruits and vegetables such as grapes, corn, apples, tomatoes, cabbages, blackberries, and much much more. Everything was grown entirely in containers on the rooftop of my Hollywood apartment building. By the 5th year, my container garden produced over one and a half ton (1500 pounds) per year of organically grown fruits and vegetables.
