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                                           Changing the Urban

                                           Landscape



                                         1  Cities are sometimes called “concrete       2     About 800 million people grow food
                                           jungles.” But imagine an urban                  in urban areas, from humble herb patches
                                           neighborhood so lush and leafy it seems         to state-of-the-art farms, and their
                                           more like an actual jungle. Picture your        numbers are going up. These gardeners
                                           lunch growing on a vine just outside your       and farmers are leading the way toward
                                           classroom window. In some cities, these         greener, healthier cities. They’re changing
                                           images are becoming real.                       our urban landscapes while planting the

                                                                                           seeds for our future.


                                                                                            urban  Something that is urban is related to a city.
                                                                                            humble  If something is humble, it is simple and not
                                                                                            impressive.

















































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