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t urban agriculture 1 potato patches 1890 1930 a group of polish women en route to a pingree potato patch circa 1890 an economic depression between 1893 and 1897 caused poverty and unemployment in turn causing a higher demand for community gardens in cities williamson the mayor of detroit a city hit hard by the depression asked that owners of vacant lots allow the unemployed to grow vegetables for subsistence on their land these lots were nicknamed pingree s potato patches after mayor haze s pingree lochbiler 1998 it was hoped that the cultivation would not only increase food supply and therefore supplement income but also provide a feeling of self respect and independence williamson the gardens saved money because taxes did not need to be raised as much to help support the unemployed the city initially invested 3 000 in the urban gardening program in the first year 12 000 worth of vegetables and potatoes were harvested meaning that 9 000 dollars of relief expenditures were saved over several years a total of 2000 families participated in the urban gardening program in both detroit and buffalo these programs made unemployed people feel useful unlike the make work welfare programs that were looked upon as second rate jobs warman there were many benefits attributed to this program including hope self respect independence self reliance and the therapeutic benefits of fresh air and exercise as well as financial savings another benefit identified was that immigrants would socialise in these gardens and therefore learn the american way more rapidly and easily become part of the united states melting pot bassett 1972 1 17 several other smaller scale urban gardening programs were started in minneapolis denver and chicago click here to read about the city beautiful movement and upper class revitalization of urban centers in the early 20th century to return to the main history page click here references warman dena sacha 1999 community gardens a tool for community building senior honours essay university of waterloo http www cityfarmer org waterloocg html 2 gardenmosaics org history of community gardens in the u s http www gardenmosaics cornell edu pgs science english pdfs historycg_science_page pdf lochbiler don 1998 the shoemaker who looked like a king the detroit news http info detnews com redesign history story historytemplate cfm id 175 williamson erin a a deeper ecology community gardens in the urban environment u delaware http www cityfarmer org erin html really great paper found of the city farmer website it has great background and history and incite into the need for and role of community gardens in north america lawson laura 2005 city bountiful a century of community gardening in america university of california press tucker david m kitchen gardening in america a history ames iowa iowa state university press 1993 share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading 3 responses to 1 potato patches 1890 1930 laura says december 7 2008 at 2 09 pm what is your last name i am doing a report on urban gardening and need to cite my sources so if you could tell me that would be wonderful but if not that is ok reply kassandra fisher says february 28 2009 at 3 33 pm thanks for this link i agree that more and more urban and community gardens are needed in the u s our pace is much to fast and disconnected in an ironically connected net society we need to look each other in the eyes and get back to basics i believe urban agriculture is just the ticket for our healing thanks and i look forward to further posts k reply joe says october 4 2011 at 8 52 am thanks for this post i really enjoy your blog it s such a great resource on the history and current state of community gardens do you know where the image of the women en route to a potato patch is from i m teaching a class and would like to show it to my students but also want to be certain 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