It means return to your past so you can move forward
It is a Ghanian proverb that means return to your past so you can move forward
Sankofa is a Ghanaian proverb that means return to your past so you can move forward
Feed the neediest members of the neighborhood
What is Sankofa and what does it mean?
He says there are only a few urban gardens in America
He says it's "more like a revolution."
He thinks it is bogus
He feels its "beyond a movement at this point."
He is considered to be one of the nation's leading urban farmers and founder of Growing Power Inc., estimates that there are hundreds of thousands of urban gardens in inner cities across America. Urban farms help feed people, sustain neighborhoods » "It's beyond a movement at this point. It's more like a revolution," says Allen
What is former pro basketball player Will Allen's position on urban farming?
Feeding wealthy families
To be an educational tool
Making the gardeners look good in the eyes of the city
Feeding hungry families
To feed the neediest residents
What is the greater purpose these gardens serve?
It provides a use for land that would otherwise be vacant lots
To growing fruits and vegetables and feed the needy
Have African Americans learn more about plants
It helps people reconnect to their roots and the earth
Give African Americans a way to connect with the earth
It provides fresh produce for needy families
What purpose does urban farming serve?
Because it has never been done before
Because African Americans were brought here to cultivate land and returning to the past is a way to move forward
Because it allows African-Americans to work the land as they did when they first came to America
Urban farming is unique
As blacks were slaves in previous generations, African Americans doing urban farming is a way to farm that is helpful
Why does Cashawn Myers feel Urban Farming as " its almost like a renaissance" and a way to reconnect with the past and grow?
Because there are hundreds of thousands of urban gardens across the U.S
Because the gardens inspire beauty in the cities
Because urban farming is not a tremendous good and is losing popularity
Because urban farming just started
Because he estimates that there are hundreds of thousands of urban gardens in inner cities across America
Why does former Professional Basketball player Will Allen describe Urban farming by saying " It's beyond a movement at this point. It's a more of a revolution"
It is helping feed the neediest members of the community
The produce is being distributed to the neediest fammilies in the community
It provides free labor for the community
By harvesting fruits and vegetable to feed the neediest members of the neighborhood
It is helping to educate
How is the city of Mechanicsville helping serve a greater purpose in their community?
Los Angeles
Mechanicsville
Decatur
Atlanta
In what city does urban farming help the neediest residents?
It helps feed needy families
Because it is all about healing
"They are going through a process of Sankofa and going to what they traditionally did, which is connect to the Earth so they can move forward and grow," he says
It helps people connect to the earth so they can move forward and grow
Because it allows you to connect with the earth
How does a Ghanaian proverb relate to urban farming?
Wilt Chamberlain
Kobe Bryant
Will Allen
What pro athlete is associated with Habesha?
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Name a major city where a HABESHA garden is located?
They are providing food for the neediest families in their neighborhood
They are urban farming
They are looking to the government to provide them with food
They are making their own produce
They are reconnecting to the earth and growing their own produce
They are trying to be healthy
How are African Americans in Atlanta are empowering themselves in the wake of limited access to fresh produce?
Urban farming
They are forming a food bank to provide fruits and vegetables to the needy
Urban Farming
Setting up volunteering
They are cultivating the land through urban gardening
What actions are a group of residents performing in an effort to connect African Americans with the earth?
It means to return to your past so you can move forward
It means to return to the earth in order to move forward
It means to reflect
It means reenactment of slavery
Sankofa means return to your past by doing things traditionally did so you can move forward and grow
Cashawn Myers, president of HABESHA, references the proverb Sankofa. What does the process of going through Sankofa mean?
It is a Ghanian proverb
It is from Ghana and it is Sankofa
Ghana
It is based on an old slave spiritual
It is from Egypt
What is the origin of the proverb that means; return to your past so you can move forward?
They are not common at all
Urban farms exist across the country and hundreds of thousands exist in inner city communities
No
Yes
They are common in many cities
Are urban farms common?
For decoration
Help feed African Americans
To get African-American people to reenact actions common during slavery
To feed people
To sustain neighborhoods
Urban farming is a way for African-Americans to connect with the earth, urban farming is a way for many African-Americans to reconnect with their past, helps feed some of the neediest members of the neighborhood, help feed people, sustain neighorhoods
To help people connect with the earth
What are urban farms used for?
Urban farming
Urban produce
Stopping a reawakening
Sankofa
Beyond a movement
What term describes the community garden in Mechanicsville?
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- On a plot of soil, nestled against the backdrop of skyscrapers in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, a group of residents are turning a lack of access to fresh produce into a revival of old traditions and self-empowerment. Urban farming is a way for African-Americans to connect with the earth, says Cashawn Myers of HABESHA. HABESHA Gardens is one of many urban gardens sprouting up around the country. Fruits and vegetables are thriving in this community garden located in an economically depressed area of the city known as Mechanicsville. But the garden serves an even greater purpose. The harvest helps feed some of the neediest members of the neighborhood. "It's a reawakening going on. It's almost like it's a renaissance," says Cashawn Myers, director of HABESHA Inc. "There's a Ghanaian proverb that says Sankofa. Sankofa means return to your past so you can move forward. Even if you look at coming over here during our enslavement, we were brought here to cultivate the land because that's something we did on the continent. So really, that's what many of the people are doing now," he said. Myers believes urban farming is a way for many African-Americans to reconnect with their past. iReport.com: Show us your urban farm "They are going through a process of Sankofa and going to what they traditionally did, which is connect to the Earth so they can move forward and grow," he says. But HABESHA Gardens isn't unique. Former pro basketball player Will Allen, who is considered to be one of the nation's leading urban farmers and founder of Growing Power Inc., estimates that there are hundreds of thousands of urban gardens in inner cities across America. Urban farms help feed people, sustain neighorhoods » "It's beyond a movement at this point. Its more like a revolution," says Allen. 