The Community Organic Garden Program in Des Plaines, Illinois serves as the poster child of a successful urban gardening initiative. For 30 years, residents have tilled the tract of land beneath ComEd power transmission lines, growing eggplant, corn, beans, squash, and other seasonal veggies.

But this summer may be the garden's last growing season. Des Plaines is just one of many gardens that will disappear if ComEd, a local utility, goes through with its plan to eliminate community gardens formed under its power transmission lines in northern Illinois.

Community gardens protect the planet, citizens' health and livelihoods, and the local economy, and they must be preserved. Sign our petition asking ComEd to reverse its plan to eliminate community gardens beneath its power transmission lines.