The concept isn't new, but urban farming has the full attention of the national press this summer, with mainstream news outlets running stories on urban farming success stories ranging from Will Allen's Growing Power in Milwaukee to rooftop gardens in Brooklyn. This time, as part of the "Black in America" series, CNN takes a look at African-American urban farmers in Atlanta.

At the HABESHA garden (which stands for for Helping Africa By Establishing Schools at Home and Abroad) in Atlanta's Mechanicsville neighborhood, people from the community are invited to come work on the farm on Sundays, and in return for their labor they can take food home with them.

Cashawn Myers is the director of HABESHA, and he sees urban farming both as a way to bring fresh vegetables to depressed areas, but also as a way for African-Americans to African-Americans to reconnect with their past. "We encourage the people in the community to come, be a part of the process of growing the food, so it's more empowerment than it is giving as charity," Myers told CNN.

-Mark

[Hat tip to Jill Richardson at La Vida Locavore]