Friday, February 12, 2010

Seattle City website declares – 2010 The Year of Urban Agriculture

 
 

Sent to you by Robin via Google Reader:

 
 

via City Farmer News by Michael Levenston on 2/2/10

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Promoting community agriculture efforts and increased access to locally grown food

"2010: The Year of Urban Agriculture" was organized by Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Department of Planning and Development, and the Seattle City Council.

The site includes:

City Initiatives & Programs:

Street Use Permits: Gardening in Planting Strips
Seattle's P-Patch Program
What's new at P-Patch
P-Patch Program Evaluation (2009)
Seattle's Market Gardening program

Tips on how to start a community garden
Gardening in the P-Patch program
Information on the $2 million Parks Levy allocation to P-Patch development
Neighborhood Matching Fund (free fruit trees for Tree Fund participants)

The site also links to:

Calendar of Events

Urban Agriculture Community Organizations

Information on Urban Agriculture

Local Food Action Initiative

See the website here.

Also see "Mayor McGinn and City Council Officially Announce Seattle's Year of Urban Agriculture" here.


 
 

Things you can do from here:

 
 

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