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Local presenter urges Fayetteville to expand community food-forest plantings and GIS mapping
Summary
A presenter described a city-wide ‘food forest’ concept and recommended expanding edible native plantings, city GIS mapping of foraging species, and community engagement to support maintenance.
Tosh, a presenter and local business partner, urged the Fayetteville Urban Forestry Advisory Council to expand edible native plantings, adopt a citywide food-forest network and publish a foraging layer on the Fayetteville GIS.
Tosh said the concept draws from a 2008 community-design report and a separate 28-page proposal his team calls HICO Archipelago. He described a citywide approach that distributes small “community forest gardens” and edible street plantings across neighborhoods rather than concentrating a single large site. “We were looking at creating a network of community forest gardens throughout the city,” Tosh said.
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