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Cities Developing Urban Agriculture Codes

Urban agriculture has become increasingly popular in recent years as a way to deal with vacant properties, revitalize neighborhoods, and provide job skills and nutrition to local residents struggling with poverty and a lack of access to fresh produce.

In Austin, Texas, a working group of the Sustainable Food Policy Board is meeting to clarify and update city code related to urban farms, livestock, size of farm, employees and dwellings, according to the Austin Chronicle.

The working group has been holding public sessions to gather input from urban farmers and community members about pending updates to the urban farm ordinance.

In April 2013, the Flint Farmers' Market reported that the Detroit City Council adopted the city's first urban agriculture zoning ordinance recognizing agriculture as a legitimate land use and setting standards for it.

Other cities working to update or create urban agriculture codes include Boston, Massachusetts;
Fort Collins, Colorado; and Portland, Oregon.

For more information, see USDA's National Ag Library webpage on Urban Agriculture.

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California and Arizona were the leading producers of spinach in 2009, followed by New Jersey and Texas. California produces far more fresh spinach than processing spinach but is also the leading producer of processing spinach. Arizona mainly produces fresh spinach. June 2011 ... Spinach

Other Links

Fresh Market Spinach, Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA, 2006.
Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS), Foreign Ag Service (FAS)online, USDA.
Outbreak Linked to Spinach Forces Reassessment of Food Safety Practices, Amber Waves, ERS, USDA, 2007.
Spinach, Commercial Vegetable Production Guides, Oregon State University, 2003.
Spinach Production in Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service, 2007.
Vegetables and Melons Outlook, ERS, USDA.
Vegetables and Melons Yearbook, ERS, USDA, 2011.
Vegetables 2011 Summary, NASS, USDA, 2012.
Wild Pigs in California: The Issues, Marcia Kreith, Ag issues Center Brief No. 33, University of California, 2007 - The story of the wild pig in California, its economic and environmental impacts and evolving policy concerns.

Links checked January 2013.

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