Gearing up to support urban farming in California: Preliminary results of a needs assessment

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-42

  Surls, Rachel ^a   Feenstra, Gail ^b   Golden, Sheila ^b   Galt, Ryan ^b   Hardesty, Shermain ^b   Napawan, Claire ^b   Wilen, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community food systems; community gardens; community supported agriculture programs; farmers; food policy councils; markets; urban agriculture; urban farming; urban planning

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; METROPOLITAN AREA; SMALLHOLDER; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN PLANNING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921990425     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170514000052     Document Type: Article

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