2025/01/01 by Gabriel Salah-Pfeiffer · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Architectural and Urban Studies #Cultural and Artistic Studies #Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
paper · pdf · doi:10.5304/jafscd.2025.142.028
openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Introduction Capitol View Communal Garden and Orchard (CVCGO) is a communal garden founded in 2022 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The garden sits on a previously unutilized one-third acre (.13 hectare) city park accessed through a lease agreement with the Saint Paul Parks Department. CVCGO was conceived as a means of strengthening connection and cooperative capacity in our community by satisfying the tangible need for fresh food. In response to the Uprising after George Floyd’s murder, a small group of neighbors met to discuss strengthening the social fabric of our community. Personally, as a recently graduated engineer returning to the community I grew up in, I was seeking a way to connect with the neighborhood on new terms and live out my values through tangible action. We decided to explore a communal approach to community gardening. After reaching out to the broader community, an informal core group developed and influenced the social norms by agreeing on a few foundational elements . . .