
Positive Future #798 (Feature photo – Central Park – By Martin St-Amant (S23678) – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6383576)
While there are many reasons to keep Central Park as it is, the growing concern over access to health food and a fragile food system makes the idea not so out of bounds. There are no formal discussions and ideas being passed around to allow 14 acres of the 55 acre great lawn to converted to urban farms. You can read the story here: https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2020/8/10/a-farm-in-nycs-central-park-could-help-feed-food-insecure-residents