Facts and Statistics.
- The community gardens increase the value of the properties surrounding them by 30%.
- It has been shown that surrounding business’s revenue is 12% percent more than less environmentally friendly areas.
- The average crime rate for both violent and property crimes decrease by 50%.
- Only 21.4% of high school students reported eating fruits and vegetables five or more times daily in one week, in 2007.
- "In 1999, fifteen New York gardens that organized as the City Farms program of the group “Just Food” grew close to 11,000 pounds of fresh vegetables and fruits. Nearly 50 percent was donated to nearby soup kitchens and food pantries."(serve.org)
- There are approximately 1,500 vacant lots in the Philadelphia region,