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Supervisor Chu introduces resolution to create centralized urban agriculture program
Summary
Supervisor Carmen Chu introduced a resolution to establish a citywide urban agriculture program to coordinate urban gardening, streamline applications, promote urban resource gardens and set goals for urban agriculture in San Francisco, citing SPUR's "Public Harvest" report and long wait lists for garden plots.
Supervisor Carmen Chu introduced a resolution to create a centralized city program to oversee and coordinate San Francisco's urban agriculture activities and to adopt city goals related to urban agriculture.
Chu said the city currently has multiple agencies working on related matters and referenced a SPUR report titled "Public Harvest," which found that seven city agencies oversee different aspects of urban agriculture and 11 agencies manage city land without centralized coordination. Chu said many community garden wait lists exceed two years and that the city's current spending on urban agriculture is lower than it was in the 1990s. The resolution would seek to develop a one-stop shop for information, technical assistance, urban resource gardens, partnerships with community organizations, incentives to convert private land and streamlined application processes for projects on public lands.
Chu thanked SPUR and neighborhood urban-ag advocates and said the resolution is intended to begin a conversation about a coordinated citywide approach.
Ending: The resolution was introduced for future committee consideration; no final adoption occurred at this meeting.
