Seeds of something different

Seeds of something different

In her book “Tiny Gardens Everywhere,” MIT historian Kate Brown examines the surprising reach of urban agriculture and farming on common ground — and the related struggles over control of land that have unfolded.

In Berlin in the early 1870s, tourists began visiting a neighborhood called Barackia. It did not have museums, palaces, or any other typical attractions. Barackia was a working-class neighborhood whe… [+6985 chars]