Formed in June 2009, Urban Farming Advocates (UFA) is a group of individuals,
small business owners and organizations seeking to legalize urban farming in the City of L.A.
We respectfully challenge outdated ordinances that restrict people's freedom to use residential
land for urban agriculture and self-reliance, practiced in a sustainable and responsible way,
and in a manner that is directly related to the city's efforts to green Los Angeles.
PROBLEM:
In 1946, a Los Angeles municipal code known as the Truck Gardening Ordinance was written to allow the growing of vegetables in residential (R) zones for sale off-site. This means that currently, it is technically prohibited for city dwellers in residential zones to grow fruits, nuts, flowers or seedlings and sell them off-site – at local farmers’ markets for example.
UFA believes that LA’s current zoning does not support urban farming or people’s growing desire to have access to locally-grown, organic, fresh, nutritious, safe and pesticide-free food and flowers.
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SOLUTION:
On July 8, 2009, City Council President Eric Garcetti, introduced a motion to explore allowing “the cultivation of flowers, fruits, nuts or vegetables defined as the product of any tree, vine or plant, and that these products be allowed for use on-site or sale off-site.”
UFA has dubbed this motion the Food & Flowers Freedom Act.
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