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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARTIST TAIJI TERASAKI LEADS DISCOURSE SURROUNDING FOOD INSECURITY IN LOS ANGELES WITH MURAL AND PANEL Famed Art Critic Shana Nys Dambrot Moderates .
Listen 6 min MORE Through ALMA Backyard Farms, Richard D. Garcia works with the formerly incarcerated, teaching skills in farming and distribution. Photo courtesy of ALMA Backyard Farms.
Behind the facade of a church in Compton lies a half-acre oasis teeming with life. LA natives Richard D. Garcia and Erika Cueller recognized that revitalizing a neighborhood can begin with a seed. In 2013, they co-founded
ALMA Backyard Farms, which works to transform land and lives in Compton, San Pedro, South and East LA. Garcia is the Executive Director and co-founder. Find ALMA at the Neighborhood Housing Services Farmer s Marketplace every first Saturday of the month.