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"Near downtown Tucson, Arizona, is Dunbar Spring, a neighborhood unlike any
other in the city. The unpaved sidewalks are lined with native, food-bearing
trees and shrubs fed by rainwater diverted from city streets. One single block
has over 100 plant species, including native goji berries, desert ironwood with
edamame-like seeds and chuparosa bushes with cucumber-flavored flowers.
This urban food forest – which began almost 30 years ago – provides food for
residents and roughage for livestock, and the tree canopy also provides relief
to residents in the third-fastest warming city in the nation. It has made
Dunbar Spring a model for other areas grappling with increased heat, drought
and food insecurity caused by the climate crisis.
“We’re creating a living pantry,” said Brad Lancaster, a resident and
co-founder of the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters organization, which
planted the urban food forest."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
