Personally, I was at the organizing committee for the Homegrown Festival (www.HomeGrownFestival.org) and encourage and participate in this type of community based work. I would love to see a program where building roofs were converted to garden spaces. It would improve stormwater management, improve water quality in the watershed and increase the amount of locally grown produce. We have a very small patch of sun in a little urban front yard which is currently home to four tomato plants, many herbs, kale, a bell pepper plant, an acorn squash that we have named Audrey II, potatoes and beans. That's a lot of food in a little space and it does not get much more local than your own front yard!

I will support the Farmer's Market and Greenbelt Program, which provide resources for local farmers to grow and sell their produce in Ann Arbor and the surrounding region.  I have been a Project Grow gardener in the past and will continue to support programs such as these.