You might have noticed the community farms/gardens set up on both sides of Monticello Ave. and 6th St SE. If not, you should definitely swing by. This is a perfect example of using arable land within the community for food production, precisely what the UVa students presented on at the Food Systems Planning Course Community Presentation.
Lots of green veggies growing as well as a huge strawberry patch. You can see the community tending to the farm/garden on the weekends and they sure do work hard, but look at how pretty their plot looks. Are there any other uses of land for food in town besides this example and UVa Dining?
[pic from spicy bear on flickr]
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this is what i’m talking about – urban farming. since our farming areas are now residential areas our urban core should host more soft-path ventures like this. As someone who has witnessed the miraculous transformation from urban-blight to greenovative garden at Friendship Court, i can only hope to create a little green magic at MAS in our little pocket gardens, and hope these efforts inspire us all to build fewer restaurants and create more gardens. these little biospheres are habitat, food source, and composter all in one without a big payout in moderating the effects of CVille’s unbridled lust for inane development. it’s high time we placed more of a value on clean air, low noise, less surface transpo congestion and reducing the waste stream. we can do it, one garden at a time. no rezoning required.
…and hope these efforts inspire us all to build fewer restaurants and create more gardens.
You’re just hoping for less competition.
what competition?
i <3 u, tomas
anche tu carina
Are there any other uses of land for food in town besides this example and UVa Dining
Rancho Notso Grande is pumpin’, what with the rain/sun/rain/sun combo attack thats been happening. Cherries are midgets this year, but plentiful and delicious. The Pepper Patch of the Apocalypse is fitna blowup. Had 15 varieties last year, added 8 this year and have tons of volunteers. Should be spicy and chaotic…
Wait. I dont think thats what you asked about. My bad. I just love plants.
Last time I was there, there were community gardens where you could rent a patch of your own to cultivate both @ azalea park, and behind the faux-tudor English Inn next to 29Bodos (drive past EI on Morton drive and turn left down the dirt rd.). Does anyone know if the City is still doing those?