Eugene Cooke
Eugene Cooke is an internationally recognized food justice activist and urban farmer utilizing exclusively veganic growing methods. With his wife, he founded Grow Where You Are, a program that transforms urban spaces in underserved neighborhoods by creating community food gardens and vegetable farms. Over the past 10 years, Eugene has assisted in the creation of 18 urban farms, 14 school gardens and over 40 home food gardens, and has planted 400+ fruit trees in cities throughout the U.S. as well as in Jamaica, Haiti and Kenya, where he trained local residents in veganic growing methods.
Eugene is committed to demonstrating that we can grow abundant food without exploiting animals, harming the environment, or depleting ecosystems. At his current farms sites he focuses on growing methods that also promote ecological restoration.
Hi Mr Cooke
HOw is everything? I been following your work since 2008 or so. We met through Khali at ‘Lotus on the Nile’ accupuncture and yoga studio. You and I spoke several times about gardening in my hometown of Palm Springs California. That never came to fruition because my father became ill and ultimately passed away. Then I moved away from the area but I have returned. I know it has been about a decade since we last spoke but I still would like to create that community garden and would like to know when you will return to California and what your fees are to create a low maintenance, “forest garden” at this time?
Hi Mr Cooke
HOw is everything? I been following your work since 2008 or so. We met through Khali at ‘Lotus on the Nile’ accupuncture and yoga studio. You and I spoke several times about gardening in my hometown of Palm Springs California. That never came to fruition because my father became ill and ultimately passed away. Then I moved away from the area but I have returned. I know it has been about a decade since we last spoke but I still would like to create that community garden and would like to know when you will return to California and what your fees are to create a low maintenance, “forest garden” at this time? Feel free to reach out via phone 909.526.5269.