Ashley Atkinson

Are we ready for a Declaration of Food Interdependence?

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About Ashley Atkinson

Ashley Atkinson is an interim co-director with Keep Growing Detroit, an urban agriculture-focused organization that provides resources and support for more than 1,400 gardens and farms in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. She also serves as the sustainable agriculture representative for the Detroit Food Policy Council and as an Advisor to the Restaurant Opportunity Center-Michigan and Grow Dat youth farm in New Orleans.

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When is a carrot more powerful than steel? Ashley Atkinson, who fights Detroit's decline with farming, talks at TEDMED 2013 about urban greening as the solution to more than just food deserts.

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