MARSH

Beth Neff

The MARSH Food Patch Partnership connects the issues of climate ecology and urban agriculture, neighborhood disinvestment, cultural exchange, historical land ownership inequities, poverty, and food insecurity by building a structural framework for community involvement in land management and food production. The Food Patch is an established food forest at the intersection of the Patch and Carondelet neighborhoods in far south city St. Louis. The site was planted using permaculture design principles and envisioned as a free food resource to neighbors. With this new partnership and funding provided by Divided City, paid worker-owners can provide collaborative management to grow food and create a cultural space for gathering, organizing, accessibility, agency, and social investment in the health, well-being, and quality of life for the immediate and wider community.

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