Metro Vision Idea Exchange: March 15, 2012

Metro Vision Idea Exchange: March 15, 2012

Urban Agriculture and Food System Planning
Urban Agriculture's growing popularity is yet another "Back to the Future" moment in urban planning.  While many local planning policies are being modified across the country to allow for raising chickens, keeping bees, and encouraging community gardens, all of this was normal in the early part of the last century. At this session, we explored why urban agriculture is important from both an economic and health standpoint, how it is defined, and how communities across the country are modifying their policies to allow for it and in many cases, encourage it. 

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