C.J. Pratt: The Need for Creative Urban Farming Design 

In this session we will learn about the need for creative urban farming designs: micro-managed small acreage farming, inner-city permaculture establishment, CSA (community supported agriculture), farmer's markets, among other models.
CJ Pratt owns and operates the agriculture and landscape company DoVine (because doing work is Divine) based in Lansing, Michigan. He is a graduate of MSU's organic farmer program and has acquired properties through the Ingham County Land Bank as a means to rejuvenate an impoverished community. Through his company, he has been called upon to provide landscaping and agricultural services at Louhelen Baha'i' School. In addition, he is a published allegorical poet and an accomplished artist of community murals in Lansing. His true passion is building unity within our communities.
"We are honored and feel a great connection to the arts and agriculture as twin creative solutions to many of the issues that exist in the US. The practice of agriculture and the arts, coupled with the principles of the Baha'i Faith, have a great chance to overturn much of the suffering we witness each and every day."