• Environment & Sustainability

    Farming Dreams in the City: Urban Gardens Feeding Families

    By Kwame Accra, Ghana — Nestled between a concrete wall and a mechanic’s workshop in the densely populated neighborhood of Alajo, rows of green lettuce, okra, and tomatoes sway gently under the morning breeze. There’s no farmland in sight, no tractor — just makeshift containers, old rice sacks, and plastic bottles arranged on wooden planks. This unlikely farm belongs to 45-year-old Patience Anokye, a single mother of three and a seamstress by trade. Two years ago, the pandemic slashed her client base and income. But she turned to a skill she had nearly forgotten — farming. “I was raised in the village where we grew our own food,” she says.…