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In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, there is a grassroots effort to jump-start community gardens. Using pockets of overgrown land under power lines or slivers of it laying unused by the river, community gardeners are busy digging, hoeing and weeding in a city that is better known for its shopping malls and traffic jams. But they face threats of evictions and legal uncertainty, highlighting the barriers to community land access and fueling calls for authorities to loosen rules governing urban farming. The government has recognized the need for an overhaul and even promised new guidelines to help facilitate urban farming. Meanwhile, the urban farmers are keeping at it. If [the authorities] say 'go,' we go. Until then, we just enjoy the community participation and involvement, one of the organizers said.
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