A former golf course in New Orleans' City Park has been transformed into the city's biggest urban farm—Grow Dat Youth Farm. The seven-acre sustainable farming nonprofit features a low-energy Eco-Campus built with seven recycled shipping containers and designed by Tulane University architecture students. The urban farming and leadership program teaches local youth how to sustainably grow fruits and veggies that are then sold to CSAs, local restaurants, and markets, as well as donated to neighborhoods...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/new-orleans-golf-course-transformed-into-citys-biggest-urban-farm-with-an-eco-campus
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