Check It Out! Ron’s TED Talk
Posted: March 6, 2013 Filed under: Los Angeles, Media, Race Issues | Tags: Guerilla Gardening, los angeles, Ron Finley, South Central, TED Talk, urban agriculture Leave a commenthttp://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html
TEDx – Urban Farming Revolution
Posted: February 12, 2013 Filed under: Farming, Films and Video, Los Angeles, Media | Tags: BigAg, los angeles, urban agriculture Leave a comment
Jesse DuBois is an urban agriculturalist. He moved to Los Angeles to become a screenwriter, but instead got caught up in reshaping the food system. He is the CoFounder and currently serves as the Chief Eclectic Officer for two start-ups: Farmscape, an urban farming maintenance company, and Agrisaurus, a web-based polyculture gardening assistant.
Upcoming Food & Ag Event By Santa Monica Farmer’s Market
Posted: February 5, 2013 Filed under: E3, Education, Los Angeles | Tags: agriculture, discussion panel, e3, education, event, farmers market, food, los angeles, santa monica farmer's market Leave a commentThis event has been put up on the E3 Faccbook Page and looks quite interesting. Here is the description:
New Agtivists: Young Visionaries in Agriculture and Artisinal Food Production
Ron Finley Video: Crenshaw Food Forest
Posted: February 4, 2013 Filed under: Documentary, Films and Video, Los Angeles, Media Leave a commentFollowing up on Steve Lopez’s article about Ron Finley and his urban garden in Crenshaw, this blog has a video about his garden. I’ve found that in the case of urban gardens, imagery is very poignant. Touching story.
Young Folks Urban Farmers
Posted: January 26, 2013 Filed under: Los Angeles, Media | Tags: education, kids, leadership, Lincoln Heights, urban farming Leave a commentA bunch of young 2o-something people based in Lincoln Heights, working with even younger people–kids. They started a summer camp, and farm on this hilly space, a landscape that they describe as their biggest challenge.
You can see a KCET spot on them here.
How to sell @ a farmers’ market
Posted: January 22, 2013 Filed under: Local producers, Los Angeles | Tags: farmers' markets, selling Leave a commentRachel Surls, whom you saw on the KCET video about Richland Farms and ag in LA County, keeps an occasional blog. Here, she blogs about how to get your goods into a farmers’ market if you are a small producer. Some markets are run by larger groups like Raw Inspiration, while others are more singular start-up operations, like the new Altadena Farmers’ Market.
These are the basic specs.
In order to sell farm products grown in Los Angeles County at a Certified Farmers’ Market, growers must contact the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office at 562-622-0426. (For those growing in other counties, they would contact their own county agricultural commissioner’s office). An inspector will make an appointment to visit the growing area to find out what and how much the farmer is growing, and how much they project they will have available for sale.
There is a small annual fee for certification. After the inspection, and paying the fee, the farmer receives a Certified Producer’s Certificate to display when selling at a market. Growers can only sell what has been grown on the farm, and specifically, what is on the certificate. New crops can be added by amending the certificate.