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Shipping food means a loss in nutritional value. Calculate the loss. Growing your own is not only cheaper but better for you. If you are watching your budget and who isn't urban farming is for you.
What can you do? Farm in San Francisco! No matter what the obstacles there is a program that will work for you. You can have farm fresh vegetables grown some as near as your own back yard.
An innovative and successful program is MyFarm:
MyFarm is a decentralized urban farm. We grow vegetables in backyard gardens throughout the city. By increasing local food production we are creating a secure and sustainable food system. Using organic practices we strive to grow the best tasting most nutritious vegetables. Myfarm combines the best of backyard farming with community supported agriculture.
Another successful San Francisco Urban gardener is chronicled here. Summer Fog Farm is a successful mini-farm located by the beach in San Francisco.
Alemany Farm empowers San Francisco residents to grow their own food,
and through that process encourages people to become more engaged with their communities. We grow organic food and green jobs for low-income communities, while sowing the seeds for economic and environmental justice
and through that process encourages people to become more engaged with their communities. We grow organic food and green jobs for low-income communities, while sowing the seeds for economic and environmental justice
Alemany Farm accomplishes this mission through four main goals:
1. Ecological-Economic Development: Growing jobs for Alemany residents.
2. Food Security: Providing organic, healthy food to local community members.
3. Environmental Education: Introducing children and adults to the wonders of the natural world and the importance of local food production.
4. Building People’s Power: Engaging residents in decision-making processes and activities that foster community involvement to organize for social, economic, and environmental justice.
Yet another resource for dyi gardeners:
The San Francisco Victory Garden Garden Registry is an online map and social networking tool created to connect city gardeners and to locate current or potential food productions zones*within the city of San Francisco. By registering your food production zone you are contributing to an important portrait of land use.
As more people want to connect with the sources of their food - other programs are springing up to help.
No excuses for not having healthy food and a healthy food system.
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