Rebuilding New Orleans with urban farms and hot jazz [VIDEO]

This video tells the story of New Orleans residents who returned after Hurricane Katrina to rebuild the city and started growing food in abandoned lots

This video tells the story of several different New Orleans residents who returned after Katrina to rebuild their city and started growing food in abandoned lots. Of course, you can’t properly tell a New Orleans story without an appropriate soundtrack — luckily, one of the featured farmers happens to play in the world-famous Treme Brass Band. (Special thanks to the producers of BrassRootsMovie.com for letting us tag along for their film shoot.)

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