Joe Kovach, a scientist in our college who is studying the best ways to grow fresh, abundant food in old asphalt parking lots, such as for urban farming, is giving free tours of his test plots this summer. “People say parking lots are barren,” he says. “But you can get more production off of a back parking lot than you ever thought you could do.” He adds: “But there’s not much data on growing fruit on a parking lot, I can tell you that.” Video (0:34).