Meet The Man Who Changed What A 'Drive-By' Can Be In South Central L.A.

See how, thanks to this amazing man, you can catch broccoli instead of bullets on the streets of South Central. 

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See how, thanks to this amazing man, you can catch broccoli instead of bullets on the streets of South Central. 


1:00 Ron explains just how hard it is to get a decent apple in South Central.
2:00 His little experiment gets him in big trouble.
4:00 Guess how many hundreds of millions of tomato plants you could grow in Central Park?
5:30 The secret potential of a single sunflower.
7:00 Even convicts have fond memories of gardens.
8:00 A surprising thing happens to kids when they grow kale.
9:00 Hear Ron's plans for (local) world domination. 


ORIGINAL: By TEDTalks. Learn about other fascinating aspects of Ron Finley's life and work, and see photos of L.A. Green Grounds at work
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