Southside Community Land Trust creates farmland to feed urban neighborhoods

Cassius Shuman

01/31/2020

WORKING TOGETHER: Margaret DeVos, right, executive director of the Southside Community Land Trust, speaks with local farmers at Urban Edge Farm in Cranston, the site of a recent infrastructure investment project by the land trust. From left: Christina Dedora, of Blue Sky Farm; Sharron D’Amore, of The Garlic Mistress; Craig Demi, SCLT director of operations; and Nayeema Eusuf, of Geek Gardens. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

THOUSANDS OF LOW-INCOME Rhode Islanders in urban areas are getting sustenance from the unlikeliest of places: community gardens, plots of land converted into long-term sustainable farmland. This philanthropic endeavor is due to the efforts of the Southside Community Land Trust, which has been in existence for 38 years. In December, the land trust expanded and

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