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The city will soon be home to America's first garden oasis." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto001" style="margin:0 auto;" width="640"/> <cite style="" id="galleryCaption001">City official Larry Phillips and author and community activist Darrin Nordahl plant an apple tree in a street median in Seattle. The city will soon be home to America's first garden oasis.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Fresh, free public produce"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130710121943-darrin-nordahl-public-produce-seattle-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Nordahl speaks to Seattle residents about the benefits of their public produce project. Free, readily available public produce holds the key to getting healthy again, he says." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto002" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption002">Nordahl speaks to Seattle residents about the benefits of their public produce project. Free, readily available public produce holds the key to getting healthy again, he says.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Fresh, free public produce"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130710121936-darrin-nordahl-public-produce-kamloops-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Fellow community activists Laura Kalina (left), Elaine Sedgeman (right) and Nordahl have been instrumental in creating the Kamloops Public Produce Project in British Columbia, Canada." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto003" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption003">Fellow community activists Laura Kalina (left), Elaine Sedgeman (right) and Nordahl have been instrumental in creating the Kamloops Public Produce Project in British Columbia, Canada.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Fresh, free public produce"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130710122131-darrin-nordahl-public-produce-transformed-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Seattle's municipal leaders are seeking ways to bring more fresh, locally grown produce to the public, like this mature garden pictured here." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto004" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption004">Seattle's municipal leaders are seeking ways to bring more fresh, locally grown produce to the public, like this mature garden pictured here.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Fresh, free public produce"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <div class="cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130710122118-darrin-nordahl-public-produce-qc-vertical-gallery.jpg" alt="Nordahl tends corn outside the parking office in Davenport, Iowa. 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target="_blank">Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture</a>." Aiming to increase food literacy in America, Darrin also pens the daily food blog <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://365wholefoods.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Today is...Fava Beans!</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/https://twitter.com/DarrinNordahl" target="_blank">Follow him on Twitter.</a> </em></p> <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- What's better than fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables? How about fresh, locally-grown, free fruits and vegetables, all within an easy walk of your home or office?</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">Such is the philosophy behind the growing movement of public produce.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">Perhaps you've heard of guerrilla gardening, whereby rogue citizens trespass onto neglected property to cultivate pansies and potatoes, roses and rhubarb, in an illicit attempt to better their community.</p> <script> var currExpandable="expand14"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='world/2013/07/04/going-green-haiti-planting-trees.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130704162812-going-green-haiti-planting-trees-00005017-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand14Store=mObj; </script> <a name="em1"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand14"> <div class="cnn_strylceclbtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130704162812-going-green-haiti-planting-trees-00005017-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>Planting a million trees a year</span></cite> </div> <script> var currExpandable="expand24"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='world/2013/07/03/going-green-haiti-moringa-tree.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130703113001-going-green-haiti-mringa-tree-00010701-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand24Store=mObj; </script> <a name="em2"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand24"> <div class="cnn_strylceclbtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130703113001-going-green-haiti-mringa-tree-00010701-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>Haitian 'miracle tree' fights disease</span></cite> </div> <script> var currExpandable="expand34"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='world/2013/07/02/going-green-haiti-community-garden.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130702125532-going-green-haiti-community-garden-00021318-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand34Store=mObj; </script> <a name="em3"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand34"> <div class="cnn_strylceclbtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130702125532-going-green-haiti-community-garden-00021318-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>Haitian slum builds 'Garden of Eden'</span></cite> </div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4">Or maybe you've witnessed a couple of plum and pear trees filled with ripe fruit, wedged in that public zone between the sidewalk and the curb. Or a lone apple tree in the corner of your neighborhood park. These fruit trees were likely planted by citizens in an effort to bring fresh, free produce to their community brethren.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">In cities throughout the world, citizens are facing rising costs for fresh produce and declining health from the Western diet, characterized by energy dense, nutrient poor fast foods. It is now cheaper to gorge oneself on Big Macs and Whoppers than it is zucchini and tomatoes.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6">In case you haven't heard, instances of obesity and type 2 diabetes have skyrocketed throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, paralleling the prevalence of prepackaged, processed foods in our diet. Just two decades ago, not a single state in America reported a prevalence of obesity greater than 15% of its adult population. Today, not a single state can make that claim. According to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://www.cdc.gov/" target="_blank">United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> (CDC), one in three Americans are obese today. And only 25% of adults consume the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://cnn.com/2013/07/05/world/can-family-farming-make-poverty-history/index.html">Read: Can family farming make poverty history?</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8">Our children's health is at stake, too. The CDC also reports that in many communities, half of the pediatric diabetes cases are type 2 (a disease stemming from a poor diet). Not too long ago, the total number of pediatric type 2 diabetes cases was nil.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9">So what does the CDC recommend to halt our plummeting health? More exercise, fruits and vegetables. It's that simple. By making fresh, free produce as plentiful and accessible as cheap fast food, we can get healthy again. And communities across America are digging in to do just that.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10">Seattle city officials are about to break ground this summer for what they are calling America's first public food oasis. In a city where over 2,000 people are on a waiting list for a community garden plot, municipal leaders are seeking ways to bring more fresh, locally grown produce to the public.</p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylctcquote"><div class="cnn_strylctcqcntr"> <div>It is now cheaper to gorge oneself on Big Macs and Whoppers than it is zucchini and tomatoes. <br/><span>Darrin Nordahl</span></div> </div></div></div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11">So city officials came up with an idea for a food forest. They will plant a seven-acre<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://beaconfoodforest.weebly.com/" target="_blank"> public park</a> with a variety of fruits, vegetables, and nuts that will rival any produce market. The menu of foods includes yuzu citrus, guava, honeyberries, and persimmon; standard fruits like apples, pears, raspberries and blueberries; nut trees popping with walnuts and chestnuts; and a variety of culinary herbs.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/08/world/americas/urban-oasis-offers-hope-haiti/index.html">Read: Urban oasis offers hope to Haiti's poorest</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13">Years before Seattle cultivated their idea for a food forest, city planners in Provo, Utah, have been planting public crops outside City Hall. Faced with a limited maintenance budget, city officials decided they couldn't afford to plant and maintain the planters that welcomed citizens to City Hall. So city planners decided they would plant the grounds themselves. Only they chose pumpkins, cucumbers, melons, beets, tomatoes and potatoes as their plants. Their philosophy is simple: come to City Hall to pay your parking ticket, leave with a fresh, vine ripened tomato.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14">Public produce is not only taking root throughout America, but in Canada as well. Kamloops, British Columbia instituted their first public produce garden smack in the middle of downtown along the bustling Victoria Street. It was a huge success, and they've relocated to a bigger plot this season. In Calgary, the Forestry Department is planting orchards in neighborhood parks as part of a strategy to bring fresh fruit to neighborhood kids and families. Todmorden, West Yorkshire in the U.K. infuses all its public spaces -- parks and town squares, sidewalks and street medians, parking lots and even graveyards -- with fruits and vegetables, free to all.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://cnn.com/2013/07/04/world/how-supersized-portions-cost/index.html">Read: How supersized portions cost the earth</a></p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylctcquote"><div class="cnn_strylctcqcntr"> <div>Seattle city officials are about to break ground this summer for what they are calling America's first public food oasis. <br/><span>Darrin Nordahl</span></div> </div></div></div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16">But is providing fresh free produce to the people the role of local government? As long as municipal policymakers strive to reduce social inequity and increase the quality of life for their citizens, I think it is. Access to healthy, low cost food helps assure the health, safety, and welfare of citizens every bit as much as other services city governments provide.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17">Today, food plays a significant role in the health and wealth of communities. One in four San Franciscans cannot afford all the food they need, according to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://www.sffoodbank.org/" target="_blank">San Francisco Food Bank</a>. Former Portland Mayor San Adams noted that his city has one of the highest populations of hungry and malnourished citizens in the United States. Chicago's Planning Department enacted a local food policy "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620/http://www.healthierchicago.org/" target="_blank">Eat Well, Live Healthy</a>," to help bolster the diet and food education of Chicagoans.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18">These cities aren't waiting for programs and policies from the federal government. They need action now; and City Hall acts faster than Capitol Hill. Besides, the most transformative seeds of change must first be sown at home.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19">"Okay," you say, "But what if someone comes and picks all the ripe tomatoes? Or the pears?"</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20">That could very well happen. 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How about fresh, locally-grown, free fruits and vegetables, all within an easy walk of your home or office?</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/08/world/americas/urban-oasis-offers-hope-haiti/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Urban oasis for Haiti's poorest</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> July 8, 2013 -- Updated 1017 GMT (1817 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/08/world/americas/urban-oasis-offers-hope-haiti/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130705123158-haitigarden9-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Living amid the garbage-strewn sewage canals, residents of Haiti's Cite Soleil endure a grim battle for survival every single day. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/05/world/can-family-farming-make-poverty-history/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Can smallholder farming end poverty?</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> July 10, 2013 -- Updated 1335 GMT (2135 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/05/world/can-family-farming-make-poverty-history/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130704184032-oxfam-rabha-elis-bandas-video-tease.jpeg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">In just 12 years Vietnam cut the country's malnutrition rate in half by investing in small scale farming. Now other countries are following suit.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/04/world/how-supersized-portions-cost/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">The real impact of supersized food</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> July 4, 2013 -- Updated 1332 GMT (2132 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/04/world/how-supersized-portions-cost/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130703173046-food-waste-image-diagram-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">We're all familiar with the phrase "waste not, want not," but how well are we applying these words today?</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/27/americas/gallery/cousteau-haiti-going-green/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Haiti's greener future</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> June 27, 2013 -- Updated 1413 GMT (2213 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/27/americas/gallery/cousteau-haiti-going-green/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130627115032-cousteau-20-video-tease.jpg" alt="Sodo, known as Haiti's sacred heart, is one of the few remaining forests in the country. 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Without such action, our own future is bleak, say marine scientists.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/water-aid-global-thirst/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">An end to global thirst is in sight</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> March 22, 2013 -- Updated 1027 GMT (1827 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/water-aid-global-thirst/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130322095656-world-water-day-drink-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Getting water to every person on the planet can and should be done by 2030, argues WaterAid's Chief Executive Barbara Frost.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/18/tech/oceans-woods-hole-oped/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Probing the ocean's hidden depths</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> March 20, 2013 -- Updated 1550 GMT (2350 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130718181620/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/18/tech/oceans-woods-hole-oped/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718181620im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130315161839-ocean-technology-anglerfish-video-tease.jpg" alt="This deep-sea angler fish was collected from a submersible. Just 3 inches long but fierce-looking, it has a long spine tipped with bioluminescent tissue that it can dangle in front of its mouth. 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