J.D. Green

Region: Coastal Plain

Topics: Community Gardens, Farming, Ranching, Education, Agriculture


J.D. Green is a retired foreman of a ranch on the coastal prairie of Texas who now manages a community garden, part of the Urban Harvest network, in a poor minority neighborhood of east Houston. The East Alabama garden provides fresh seasonal food, an education about diet, nature, and farming to young and old, as well as a sense of community and a place of beauty in the local area.

Interviewed

October 4, 1999
Houston, Texas
Reels 2035