Grow a garden

I had an idea a few weeks ago that I've been mulling over and I think i'm going to try and research. Since I came to college, I have started to really miss dirt. I know, I know, there's dirt everywhere - but the only dirt I can lay claim to is in a pot. (well, that and the dirt on my skin after I roll around on the grass). Anyway, I have a deep seated urge that won't go away to make something grow. I have an aloe vera plant right now, and that's wonderful, but I wonder if living in apartments is necessarily means you can't have a garden. A little while ago some byu students in married housing rented a plot in orem and are starting to grow a community garden together - that's somewhat along the lines of what I've been thinking. What if BYU got a plot of land, either close to campus or somewhere else, and students could grow fruits and vegetables in it? Even if it was for a class, like the display gardens at BYU Idaho, students who grew the food could either pay for space and then eat what they grew, or BYU could employ students to grow things and then sell the produce. Either way, I think a friday or saturday fruit and vegetable market for BYU students would be SO cool - it would let students practice life skills and grow their own food and save money and connect to each-other and their environment. The market could be on or near campus, or even wherever that land would be that BYU found (I think the closer it is to campus, though, the more people will know about it and come). I talked about this to my mom, and she suggested that students could sell their crafts and other things at a market - paintings, jewelry, etc. I'm sure there are already things like this in Provo, and byu might even have some, but I just don't know about it. Anyway, I think I'm going to do some more pontificating and research, and then talk to BYUSA about it. If I figure out a good plan, I think this is something I'd be very willing to go to bat for. Thoughts, anyone? Anyone at all? Please?