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Stories related to: urban farming

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Food and Sustainability

Stockton Urban Garden Provides Fresh Produce In Poor Communities

August 27, 2015 | Rich Ibarra

Rows of corn, eggplant, and squash grow in an urban garden in Stockton, providing food for more than two dozen families. Organizers hope it's a model for future urban gardens throughout the Central Valley.

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Food and Sustainability

Sacramento City Moves To Establish Urban Ag Incentives

August 7, 2015 | Bob Moffitt

The Sacramento City Council voted last night to make Sacramento an "Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone."

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Environment

Growing Urban Goat Movement

July 29, 2015 | Steve Milne

First it was chickens. Now goats seem to be making the transition from barnyard to backyard in some West Coast cities. But the animals are still illegal within Sacramento city limits.

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Bob Moffitt / Capital Public Radio

Farm Stands With Restrictions Approved For Sacramento

March 24, 2015 | Bob Moffitt

If you live in the City of Sacramento you will soon be able to sell fruits and vegetables grown in your backyard...from a stand in your front yard. But, you won't be able to sell that produce from the stand every day.

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Urban Farming Vote Tuesday

March 23, 2015 | Bob Moffitt

Backyards and vacant lots in the City of Sacramento could soon be home to strawberry patches and zucchini beds.

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Environment

Campaigning For Urban Agriculture In The Farm to Fork Capital

January 5, 2015 | Amy Quinton

Planners for the city of Sacramento will soon discuss whether to allow urban farmers to sell the food they grow. Under current city code, that’s illegal. Supporters have spent almost two years trying to change the law.

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Environment

Family Farm Thrives In Oak Park

December 1, 2014 | James Morrison

In an Oak Park food desert, one family has turned their home into a farm.

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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Push To Change Sacramento's Urban Agriculture Ordinance

December 1, 2014

Urban farmers in Sacramento can't sell their produce because of city law. But there's a movement to change that.

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