Carl Skalak owns Blue Pike Farm, an acre of income-generating vegetables and flowers in downtown Cleveland named after and extinct Great Lakes fish.  Skalak has been growing onions, sugar snap peas, heirloom tomatoes and much more on E. 72nd St. north of St.

    In five vacant lots across the city of Cleveland, things are growing.  Not just fruits and vegetables, although there are plenty of those, but also the knowledge and experience of the high school students who tend the gardens.  Employed by the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s Green Corps program, these students plant, weed, water and harvest in the gardens while learning about agriculture.

The July 6th edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer included two articles about urban farming.  The first one, "Cleveland's for-profit urban gardens are growing", focused on the profit potential for those in the Cleveland metropolitan area who already are or might consider getting into urban farming as a viable business opportunity.  The second, "Many say the timing is right for urban f