Case Study Baltimore

Justin Oriente Case Study: Baltimore One of the cities that I was able to research and look at was Baltimore, Maryland and their community garden system. I choose to look at Baltimore because it is an urban city along the east coast that is very similar to our city. The city of Baltimore offers over twenty two community gardens along with many more ways to maximise their urban landscape. The community garden programs also has a large affiliation with the University Of Maryland. Together both the school and the state work together to make sure that community gardens are available and that they produce fresh food that the locals can use to eat that they would normally not have access to because they are in the city. Also the community garden program looks to provide financial assistance and community outreach to all of the Baltimore residents that take part in this. Baltimore also works with the Baltimore City Master Gardner Community Garden Program which last year alone saved the city of Baltimore $137,800 dollars. Another thing that the community gardens do is that they take advantage of their land and offer programs that teach the residents how to use their land to plant food and also to use it for activities that can get kids involved and keep them from doing bad things. Philadelphia can learn from Baltimore because they have done a great job and look to be doing well in the future as well.

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