How Urban Farming Saved a Dallas Community

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In an impoverished community in South Dallas, urban farming is growing not only fresh food but new opportunities for residents.
The community of Bonton suffers daily from the effects of urban poverty, such as a lack of access to fresh, healthy food that’s affordable. In fact, it takes a three-hour, round-trip bus ride just to reach the nearest grocery store.
Daron Babcock was drawn to this downtrodden community, where he now oversees one of the largest urban farms in the United States. And Bonton Farms doesn’t just offer produce to the community but also jobs, nutrition programs, cooking classes, and more.
This all couldn’t have been accomplished without support from the Stand Together Foundation.
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@freethink 4 жыл бұрын

Do you think this could work in your city?

@Calvan42 4 жыл бұрын

In Montana when the season for growing is bright and beautiful the soil is a very giving source. There are community gardens all over the place in Missoula, but it's not like that every where and these garden plots are for the people paying for the land to grow on. However, that land isn't all that expensive and if you get some out here I know the population of people in need of good work and help to get back on their feet will be a great deal happier and would work their hardest to turn their life around. Same goes for for every city and place in the us, the whole of this nation needs to come together as a people, as Americans, and take care of each other like we should be. There are so many problems in this world and so many things messing it up for those who are not at the top. Giving is the remedy of greed.

@silentfriend369 4 жыл бұрын

We have a refugee garden in my city of Boise. It is wonderful!

@jlumas83 4 жыл бұрын

How can I start this in FL?

@allengordon6929 4 жыл бұрын

Someday it will be in all cities.

@sakukuratabinbohkekal-faki4248 3 жыл бұрын

This has already works in my city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia We have several communities or "Rukun Warga" that have mini vegetable gardens (at least we grow chili, spinach and tomatoes) in each household.

@wishful2502 4 жыл бұрын

I hope that one day, we will glamorize coming together as a communities all around the nation and even the world to raise food and share smiles as much as we glamorize coming together to record videos for social media. Not that social media is bad. Just want a new balance.

@charliebrownau 3 жыл бұрын

Hard Brutal truth is communities only truly come together as a united group under RACE No nation can be peaceful or totally productive in multiculturalism or civic nationalism

@disallusionment4449 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliebrownau can you elaborate a bit?

@caleb98963 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliebrownau this is a video of a multicultural community coming together. There are thousands of such communities across the world. People align with others for a variety of reasons e.g. religion, political beliefs, sexuality etc. Race is one way people come together, it is objectively not the only way. There are plenty of racially homogenous societies that were/are wrought with issues, and multicultural developed nations nowadays are better off (in terms of quality of life) than the majority of nations to ever exist.

@PeyaLuna 2 жыл бұрын

there´s a project thats a bit similar in my city - a couple of single moms turned a small piece of overgrown wasteland in their neighbourhood into a vegetable garden to grow food for their kids. the idea spread, and now there are dozens of such small gardens all around the city, being cared for by elderly, handicaped and young families all working together. in exchange they can take as much produce as they need, the surplus is sold with the money being used to buy seeds, tools, fertilizer and so on. its not about making profit, but to provide healthy food to those financially struggling without making them feel like charity cases - and to bring people together. friendships form, lonely elders in particular enjoy being part of a community

@jasmingeorge753 Жыл бұрын

I want that to

@elenasterling3159 4 жыл бұрын

Going on 6 years homeless and this makes my heart happy. This is like sunshine. Thank you

@freethink 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Wish you the best of luck with your situation. We have profiled a lot of organizations that are doing incredible work with homelessness if one happens to be in your area: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9V9g66TyKzOd6s.html

@kaefitz4249 3 жыл бұрын

Im so happy people are coming together as communities. Living the best. You get back whatever you put into being the one keeping crops. I wish you the best of luck in your future x

@fieldparsons2287 4 жыл бұрын

My church is one of Bonton’s biggest supporters, and I’ve loved the times I’ve volunteered at the urban farm. The food desert in South Dallas is so harmful to the community, and Bonton is doing amazing things to bring life to the forgotten part of Dallas.

@freethink 4 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to hear! Thanks for your great work!

@skyennis8745 4 жыл бұрын

Yes maybe now since the project's been knock down. Consider it's a police station across the street and over 13 active gangs. Malcolm x Bexar pine Martin Luther king Blvd. Right behind Bonton the homes look forgotten and abandon. I seen police brutality there for nothing. The train comes right threw it. N why your era looks nice and everything else behind n around it looks forgotten abandon.

@skyennis8745 4 жыл бұрын

Let's stop beating around the bush south Dallas privorty environment is compared to Jamaica and Haiti. We all know Jamaican n Haiti make Mexico look perfect. Sounds like comparing usa urban City's to 3rd world 5th world countries. Let's tell facts enough is enough of the got dam lies

@skyennis8745 4 жыл бұрын

Not the garden farmers. The environment you have a church there cool but what's stands around why not reconstruct give them good wage paying job built more apartments more homes for the homeless. They place needs the proper help

@jazziered142 4 жыл бұрын

Patrick if you see this, good on you for never giving up. Without hope, we have nothing.

@noah5678 4 жыл бұрын

Dang I live in Dallas and didn’t even know about this

@freethink 4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how often cool things can be happening in our communities that most people are totally unaware of. Hope you have the opportunity to check it out in person!

@brendalynjones4576 4 жыл бұрын

@@freethink me too I live by downtown about ten minutes away from southdallas didnt even know. I'm so glad this is happening in south dallas. We really need it. So much poverty.thank you for helping the community. You will be truly blessed. 😘😘❤❤❤

@skyennis8745 4 жыл бұрын

It's right in Bonton home of 007 bloods n 232 bloods around the way from other crip gangs. Sad place only because of privorty environments.

@skyennis8745 4 жыл бұрын

@@brendalynjones4576 it's still a dangerous place you can walk the bridge from there to oak cliff. No difference the police been are constantly there. Privorty environment great people dam shame but judge my brothers and sisters how living.

@brendalynjones4576 4 жыл бұрын

@@skyennis8745 I already know that's why I never go over there for nothing. Only place i go in southdallas is the fair.and when I leave I go at home. When a guy say in lives in south Dallas I tell him you will never catch me over there. Lol

@adrianpalacios9135 4 жыл бұрын

i live in dallas, and I never heard about this. Is amazing more than a hood and the ghetto a farm where everybody gather together as a community

@freethink 4 жыл бұрын

It's funny how often really cool stuff can be happening in your city and you can have no idea. Hope you get to check it out in person!

@frankrodriguez6660 4 жыл бұрын

Just went for lunch there today with my family after watching this video it is a great place with great people and great food, and don't forget about the coffee, we had a great time👍👍

@serenasblog 3 жыл бұрын

An inspiring approach to dealing with poverty, famine and the feeling of hopelessness. We should rethink our whole harmful system and set out to make great changes, above all now in times of the pandemic, where many people, who were already living with hand to mouth, are desperately in need of solutions. Thank you for this beautiful video!

@Starboy-mp2ci 4 жыл бұрын

This is literally in my backyard and I didn't even know.

@aedandilley4027 3 жыл бұрын

You should go visit

@anthonysinclair5721 4 жыл бұрын

Wow this guy really has a heart for the people , he seemed to be tearing up for a minute!👍😎

@rockfreakweirdo15 4 жыл бұрын

Im glad I found this lived in Dallas Tx all my life and I honestly live this place that raised me I’m so happy there’s an urban farm and I just found out about it.

@illumi3604 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty disgusting that it was illegal to sell your own grown produce. Glad things are different now.

@BrownRiceBunny1 3 жыл бұрын

In Texas it is very legal to sell your own produce and many other goods. We’re a weird state but it’s home.

@kenobi1985 3 жыл бұрын

How much of that policy is race related? Are they being targeted in order to sabatoge their efforts? I know it sounds paranoid or something but it doesn't seem like an accident to me. How is it hard to institute a program like this really?

@fredomulo2146 3 жыл бұрын

@@kenobi1985 its very race related, just like voter suppression. Trump has really opened our eyes to what the US truly is. No different that a lot of countries he called shitholes.

@ChanaReich 4 ай бұрын

I feel that the cities should give abandoned property to make these kind of farms to help lower xrime❤❤❤❤

@belindaanderson4078 4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful thing. God Bless you all. From Arlington TX.

@12thhouse4thhousevibes 3 жыл бұрын

After reading all the crap on Twitter I see this video before I go to sleep. Brilliant! More of this!! The world is filled with kind people. Texas really is beautiful. Looking forward to visiting again real soon. We’ll come and check out the market!

@doncook3584 4 жыл бұрын

Wow from Omaha Nebraska. This model needs to be copied over and over again and then we can love one another without regard to all the biases which now exist. I’m going to research your organization right now. Thank you

@neuvatn 4 жыл бұрын

Nice! I hope this message gets spread around in America.

@Ruthy101 2 жыл бұрын

Bonton Farms came and presented Timmy nonprofit, I’m so proud of the work you do in Dallas!

@yushikasubedi4275 4 жыл бұрын

Ammmazing, its so lovely to see people working in fields. You made me smile brother. Thank you 😊

@williammitchell1804 3 жыл бұрын

Finally so good news from Dallas Texas. Keep up the good work. I wish you much success.

@DjNN01 4 жыл бұрын

I love this🥰💕Thank you for being a community change leader🔥🔥

@karenmoore9958 4 жыл бұрын

God bless you with a abundance of food for each and every community you service.

@evelynjoyjohnson464 4 жыл бұрын

What a great project. I am so impressed about what you are doing. I definitely would love to visit.

@justinrhodes307 Жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏👏. What an empowering initiative by Daron Babcock and also thanks to the Freethink group for making this and many such videos like this...I personally get to learn many new and interesting things when I see videos uploaded by the Freethink group. Once again thank you for uploading such videos.

@marazulization Жыл бұрын

I have tear of joy in my heart! This has been my dream for as long I can remember, now someone is proven that is not just a dream but a reality that is changing people’s life! Thank you Sir for starting this you are my hero ! That’s absolutely right people just need opportunity!

@CurlyProverbz 3 жыл бұрын

This made me cry

@fivemjs 4 жыл бұрын

In certain parts of Texas it's illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday's. It's also not legal to milk your neighbors cow without permission. My favorite Texas law is that criminals who intend on committing a crime must give their victims oral or written 24-hours advance notice. Not just that, but they must also include the nature of the crime. HA! So freakin funny. All that said.....the "selling produce" law was based on a certain set of circumstances and never changed. It's very unfortunate and ridiculous but definitely not an impossible speed bump. I love when people work together to make their community stronger!! I wish this type of opportunity was EVERYWHERE! What an incredible thing for city kids to grow up learning. I would love for my kids to have hands on experience with growing or tending to the foods that end up in our plates! It inspires me to ask what I can do!!!

@fivemjs 4 жыл бұрын

We live in Frisco. Maybe I should ask the Dude Perfect guys to start a DP garden :)

@creex7118 4 жыл бұрын

I must come and support. I love this!

@andresvaldes2491 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! We need more of this.

@brandonbeard4019 4 жыл бұрын

This is truly amazing!

@gardencookeat22 3 жыл бұрын

South Dallas needs so much. This is a great story.

@SherryONeill 4 жыл бұрын

WOOOO HOOOO!! My Goodness How Wonderful!! This is EXACTLY what I am wanting to do here and have been Talking about to anyone who Listens Lol! We need Local Farms in every Community not only to Heal them but because we will need to have Local Food Available because of Transportation and other Issues that will be Happening.(Natural Disasters) This is a Perfect Model and will Work in our Rural Communities also. My Brain is On Fire with Ideas I have been having for Several Years and this has Confirmed that we have the Answer in the Dirt😊 Now to be Patient Shalom Sir. May Abba Favor you with Exponential Growth and Influence!

@sprattonburnett 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like what I have been thinking and saying for over thirty years. Some entities just were not allowing it to happen.

@LifeFoundHappiness Жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Thank you Patrick! We can do this!

@saray678 3 жыл бұрын

From London- thank you

@sabahguedouh1160 4 жыл бұрын

Good job, love from BELGIUM❤❤👍😇

@Suresh8848m Жыл бұрын

Great video. Keep up the good work guys. We need more like you to build better and healthy communities. God Bless!

@dijiola7127 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Africa, you are doing great work. God bless you. I just start my garden too

@SB-jt1ur 4 жыл бұрын

My city! I’m going to find this, I did not know this was here. Bonton is the hood and I’m from The hood.. proud of this.

@JayBelafonte 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Dallas and this video makes the South Side look they are in the Country somewhere

@lisaincolor4289 2 жыл бұрын

So touching!! ❤️❤️

@japhy6536 3 жыл бұрын

Epic this is the nearest to what they call the American dream to anything I’ve ever seen on the internet

@englishrose4388 2 жыл бұрын

I hope every city has its own farm one day soon.

@growityourself6380 4 жыл бұрын

More important than ever!

@handl3_me 3 жыл бұрын

Got a bit emotional 😢. Well done, most people just need an opportunity and a sense of direction.

@dancastellani5877 4 жыл бұрын

Keep going More power to you brother !!!

@jamesgarrity9376 4 жыл бұрын

Kudos Bonton! Kudos!✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

@ericthacker5868 4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, keep up the great work

@sistercalhoun4444 4 жыл бұрын

When y'all going start growing strawberries and cherries and plums and watermelons🙂 ! So I can buy some fresh fruits! I'll come tommorow to eat at Cafe if y'all are open. I GOT TO SUPPORT !

@ramonlarson6806 3 жыл бұрын

Props!! Leaving a legacy!!

@barbarablalock3379 4 жыл бұрын

I love to see this. This brings tears to my eyes and, It really makes my heart smile. #Bonton007

@jamiemelton6527 4 жыл бұрын

I love this concept thanks for your kingdom work

@LadyGreyAgeingDisGracefully 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Inspirational

@kartchner7 Жыл бұрын

Keep going! Agree with everything you are doing and saying!

@pmc11000 4 жыл бұрын

Man I would like to be apart of this

@freethink 4 жыл бұрын

If you're in Dallas, check out bontonfarms.org/! If you're not, could still be worth getting in touch as they are seeking to expand - or you could see if there's the potential to get involved with a similar organization or start your own in your city!

@GetUrbanLeaf 3 жыл бұрын

This is incredible!

@ramonlarson6806 3 жыл бұрын

Bless up!!

@ASMRyouVEGANyet 4 жыл бұрын

Geez, I wish I felt this wonderful when I grew my food.

@hilltop415eq 4 жыл бұрын

These touch my my mfing heart rt keep opening doors for Dallas

@leslielevinephotography2350 2 жыл бұрын

I love everything about this.

@sprattonburnett 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Bonton before it became Bonton Farms. Still in Dallas but living elsewhere.

@sprattonburnett 4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't even buy land to get something like this started up when I was younger. Sad because it took another person to start something like this.

@StickyJalapeno 4 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful

@yurisantos3869 3 жыл бұрын

I like the idea. Let me tell you something, it works.

@pattyandbustershow1031 4 жыл бұрын

Good job!

@trailerparkgardener 2 жыл бұрын

As a ex con I want to say thank you all!!!

@DKhemera 2 жыл бұрын

Super Wonderful video! May I know How they make it happen? Any resources related this community?

@petergebhardt6184 3 жыл бұрын

I've been there...it's a revolution...& beautiful...🌺💐🌻🌷🌸🌹

@suddenfarmer 22 күн бұрын

What a wonderful thing! I also started farming for my family's health not to eat unknown vegetables. Urban farmer in Korea!

@freethink 21 күн бұрын

Welcome to the channel! Thanks for watching and sharing your farming story!

@ChrisChoiniere1 3 жыл бұрын

This is pretty amazing.

@sandiludwig3018 Жыл бұрын

I love this so much.

@cedriccbass-jp8ky Жыл бұрын

Your country is leading the world into the biggest toilet the planet has seen in its history but videos like this at a time like this is priceless. Doing a permaculture course here in Portugal changed my life. Its great to see how nature and growing food really cultivates humans and our consciousness. keep up the great work XX.

@rawbacon 4 жыл бұрын

*Work Will Set You Free*

@ASMRyouVEGANyet 4 жыл бұрын

Spoken like a true capitlist. 😆

@ewastanska8561 Жыл бұрын

Every community should have projects like this all over the city. People need help and direction, not incarceration. The prison system has been designed to stuff as many bodies as possible and for the rich to make a bunch of money on people that should never be put in prison in the first place. We need to take care of each other and help each other, not cage each other. Beautiful work on this project.

@naas294 Жыл бұрын

Investing in people and their betterment and their potential is better than investing in cages for ppl who we don’t feel like helping or don’t feel deserve a second chance

@VinceW187 2 жыл бұрын

Great project

@castrodallastx4271 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@simp2662 3 жыл бұрын

Great project.

@charlottedickerson3992 4 жыл бұрын

you are so right i know first hand and this would help stabilize our country's problems from food available to I CAN DO ThIS with out drugs and gang. It gives your pride back to learn to read to have a purpose and intent to do RIGHT . luke 1:37 God bless America again

@bigpenny7458 Жыл бұрын

Daily Reminder to get in the word of God❤️

@kiutpi 4 жыл бұрын

Plants heal

@samanthiagoodleu5055 4 жыл бұрын

I will tell everyone I know and visit. I didn't know this even exist in Dallas.

@seeker9135 Ай бұрын

Beautiful 💗

@jesuslover5968 4 жыл бұрын

Where in Dallas is this?? I want to volunteer

3 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful taking back farming which was something black people were used as slaves to do. To now healing , growing , learning about nature and ourselves

@KenediHouston1 4 жыл бұрын

Bonton Farms has grown full circle! A few years ago I interviewed the founder and he was just talking about opening up the market! #keeppushing Please take a look at my article about the food desert crisis , and solutions that organizations like Bonton Farms are hoping to alleviate the problem! swbdallas.org/non-profits-pick-up-citys-slack-in-south-dallas-food-desert-ddd18627ff28

@monikaballah931 2 жыл бұрын

wow that was beautiful

@c.dl.4274 3 ай бұрын

this is how society should be

@user-ys7ru1bh2r 3 жыл бұрын

Это просто офигенно я хочу к вам, трудиться вместе бок о бок!

@leslieshafer6343 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder why Dallas had an ordinance that outlawed Market Gardens? Does anyone from Dallas or the surrounding areas know the answer to this question? I don't see any reason why this shouldn't work in any area with a reasonable climate & land for growing things.

@freethink 4 жыл бұрын

Good question! Would love to hear an answer. Sometimes regulations can be created in response to temporary problems but are left on the books after they are obsolete; other times they can be put in by special interests, urban planners, etc. Glad to hear that the city removed this barrier.

@SnowofLight 4 жыл бұрын

Would this work in Chicago?

@freedomstar3930 3 жыл бұрын

This is how we end poverty, by setting up urban farms, we end hunger and create good paying jobs for the people. I move, we immediately construct urban farms in every city that has a poverty rate of more than 10%.

@spritemon98 3 жыл бұрын

This is nice

@bbbo85 2 жыл бұрын

yeah it's a cultural issue and lack of opportunity/support nearby that makes highly likely for people to commit crimes, not racism, although it probably did help set the culture back in the days and there always will be people that are racist lovely to see the root cause getting addressed giving them purpose in life which is fundamental for anyone's sanity

@mikeaskme3530 3 жыл бұрын

sooner or latter some developer is going to by that land and then the cycle continues, in the USA people come last the dollar comes first and that is the cycle that we are doomed to repeat until the people realize this is not right.