Feeding Cleveland

Explore the role that urban agriculture has played in Feeding Cleveland

Lecture and opening reception
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
4 to 6 p.m.
Thomas F. Campbell, Ph.D. Exhibition Gallery
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Atrium
Glickman-Miller Hall
1717 Euclid Avenue

Barbara Strauss, Assistant Director for Technical Services, CSU Library “Feeding Cleveland”

Printable invitation (pdf)

A recurring theme in 20th century Cleveland that continues to the present day is that during difficult economic periods communities of people have come together to raise food crops on city land.

The working men’s farms during the Great Depression, the victory gardens during World War II, community gardens established during the years of urban renewal, and the present day market gardeners of the local food movement, all provide examples of revivals of urban agriculture as a response to economic difficulties. As more and more people try to stretch their budgets during this recession, some are turning to the back yard as the place to look for food.

The exhibit features images of commercial greenhouses, victory gardens, work relief gardens, community gardens and the Cleveland Public School Horticulture Program. This exhibit and the Feeding Cleveland website were the work project of Carolyn Hufford, Master Gardener and graduate librarian, who volunteered hundreds of hours selecting, digitizing, and cataloging the resources found there.

More photographs, e-books and other information can be found at http://www.clevelandmemory.org.

Exhibit runs from May 1 through August 31, 2009 in the Campbell Gallery. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

Date	Title	Links
October 2008	Cleveland in Black and White, A Retrospective on the Shoreline	Exhibition page
February 2008 - June 2008	Urban Distirbin, Something to Think About: A Student Photo Show at CSU	Exhibition page
July 2007 - January 2008	Envisioning Cleveland	Exhibition page
March 2007 - August 2007	Through Students' Eyes: An exhibit of works by 7th and 8th grade students from the Woodland/ E.55th neighborhood depicting socially relevant issues through the medium of printmaking.	Exhibition page
January 2007 - February 2007	District of Design	Exhibition page
December 2006 - January 2007	Memories of Cleveland	Exhibition page
June 2006 - September 2006	The Triplicity Project	Exhibition page
February 2006 - May 2006	Cleveland Iron Workers Member of Local 17 at Work	Exhibition page
October 2005 - January 2006	Retrospective/Perspective: An Exhibition of the Selected Works of Willard W. Combes	Exhibition page
December 2004 - February 2005	Visible City and the Photographic Occasion: An Exhibition of photographs by Dr. Helen Liggett	Exhibition page
March 2004 - July 2004	African American Faith Communities: An Exhibition of Photographs by Michael S. Levy	Exhibition page
April 2002	A Century of Planning In Cleveland	Exhibition page
April 2001	Sacred Landmarks: Keystones of Urban Communities	Exhibition page