Hampton Art Lovers presents the Shady Speaker Series in partnership with GeoAg. This series is a part of the "Under a Simple Tree: The Canopy Policy Project" featuring the Art of Brandon Clarke Presented in Partnership with Green Space Miami. Hosted by Richard Campbell of the Geological Agriculture (GeoAg) Institute.
The Shady Speaker Series highlights the growing trends for African Americans to reclaim our agrarian roots and promote conservation efforts. It's time to talk trees, Miami, and urban agriculture. While Miami is literally heating up these past few days, have you ever wondered why there's a lack of Shade in African-American communities and working-class communities in general? But we need trees to beautify, for public health, and community gatherings. This is a problem that we can solve on our own. What does it cost to simply drop a seed and plant a tree, pennies?
GeoAG is the study of growing plants in rocks. THE Shady Speaker series highlights innovative methods to grow and sustain vegetables, fruits, and flowering plants with limited to no use of soil and fertilizers. The use of gravel in the cultivation of crops may represent the most resource-efficient method of growing crops ever to exist, especially in the concrete jungle where working-class communities are dominated by asphalt and little to no tree canopy.
Guests:
Marvin Dunn - Teach The Truth Garden (Overtown)