Prince Protégé Taja Sevelle is Now an Urban Garden Guru

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When Prince took Taja Sevelle under his wing in the 1980s, the singer/songwriter’s career took off. After a whirlwind with Prince, she landed in Detriot to record with a Sony producer in the Motor City. But the motors weren’t being made much any more. “As I became acquainted with the city, I felt a lot of job loss and a lot of blighted unused land within the city proper,” Taje remembers. “It really caught my eye,” In 2005, Sevelle put her music career on the backburner because she so deeply felt the need and possibilities in her new city. She started the non-profit Urban Farming, which is now booming around the world. After launching with $5,000, three inner-city gardens and only herself on staff, she built the organization into 60,000 registered farms and gardens around the world. FULL STORY