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 Whether it’s on a parking strip, home garden, vacant city lot or at a local school, more and more people are getting their hands into the dirt and growing their own food. It’s been called by some a “quiet revolution” and for others it harkens back to WW II-era “Victory Gardens” but really there is no more intimate connection to the land than to grow your own food. Hunger experts and urban planners are also looking at urban agriculture as a key to community food security.
Resources
Listen to a Podcast broadcast on KUOW about Pike Place Market, Seattle
Fresh and Locally Grown
Generations of immigrants farmers have sold the fruits of their labor at the Market. At one time, Japanese farmers occupied three–quarters of the Pike Place Market's farmstalls. But that changed after World War II. KUOW's Ruby de Luna brings us stories from the people behind Seattle's oldest farmers' market.
Read about the
role of urban agriculture in community food security
Founded by farmer and author Michael Ableman, Fairview
Gardens is an internationally respected model for small-scale urban food production and farm-based education.
Lettuce
Link - share your extra garden abundance with those who need it
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SEATTLE TILTH
Whether you are a beginner or expert organic gardener, Seattle Tilth has classes and events that will
help you learn new skills and apply them in your own backyard or P-Patch.
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