Mayor Manny Diaz at Roots In The City Urban Farm in Overtown

Mayor Manny Diaz is like the Bill Clinton of Miami, people just like the guy. Well, maybe not everybody, but here he is at the Roots in the City urban farm in Overtown (NW Third Avenue and Ninth Street, Miami) talking collard greens with South Florida historian Marvin Dunn, who is in charge of the project.

We took the opportunity to ask Mayor Diaz what his favorite vegetable is, when the last time he had collards was, and if he would eat the ones grown in the garden. He said yes and Marvin promised to send a cooked batch over to his office.

The mayor and others were at the farm for a press conference to announce a pilot project taking waste material from local restaurants, mixing it with other bio matter, and creating compost using an in-vessel aerobic composter, a method that speeds compost production.

Here are some pictures from Overtown’s Roots In The City garden and urban farm.