A Quote by Darell Hammond

In neighborhoods without a usable park or playground, the incidence of childhood obesity increases by 29 percent.

Darell Hammond

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Childhood Childhood Obesity Incidence Increases Neighborhoods Obesity Park Percent Playground Without

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Darell Hammond
American - Businessman

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Marc Veasey

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Jeff Orlowski

My argument for that is: Why not create urban farms that are like parks, on public land? There actually is a park that I see as a model: Dover Street Park in Oakland. They took this park that has swings and playground-type things and turned it into a farm. There's not chickens, just annual vegetables interspersed with fruit trees. And it's super cool because you see people playing with their kids and then they go pick raspberries and some greens for dinner.

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It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.

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