How Chicago communities can tackle soil pollution to safely grow food
Lead and other heavy metals from industry, paint and gas linger in soil that communities may depend on for urban agriculture and gardens.
By Lynnea Domienik
How Chicago communities can tackle soil pollution to safely grow food
Lead and other heavy metals from industry, paint and gas linger in soil that communities may depend on for urban agriculture and gardens.
By Lynnea Domienik
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For decades, the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization fought to clean an industrial site and to transform that space into a park. Now, efforts to build a community farm are underway.
Reset learns more about the project and how communities can test and heal their soil.
GUESTS: Nateo Carreño, farm manager of La Villita Park Farm
Akilah Martin, soil scientist and coach at AM Root Builders