This tasty exhibit takes a look at how New Orleans residents have appropriated public spaces for farming, in the pursuit of academic, entrepreneurial, and community endeavors. Covering the course of the last 130 years, "Flora, Fauna & Food" illustrates how scientists have experimented with sugarcane and tomatoes in urban spaces that were outgrowths of New Orleans' two world fairs; it looks at how, at the turn of the twentieth century, restaurants such as Kolb's German Tavern had their own farms in the city; and it brings us to the present day with Crisp Farms, a creation of two neighbors who transformed an abandoned, refuse-filled Bywater neighborhood lot, into a vibrant community gathering place where neighbors could supplement their groceries with fresh produce and where children can learn about permaculture and sustainability.
Thursday May 15, 2014 Thursday Jun 26, 2014
May 15 - June 26, 2014 Open 24/7
Four Points By Sheraton French Quarter 541 Bourbon Street New Orleans, LA 70115
Free
Nicole Dufour 504-220-6945
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