City Hall Passes Urban Agriculture Plan
Sourced from The Dallas Express
Dallas City Council has passed a new plan for increasing food production in Dallas in a bid to increase sustainable and local agriculture.
During the March 8 council meeting, the members approved the Comprehensive Urban Agriculture Plan (CUAP) as proposed by the Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability and prepared by Agritecture Consulting.
The CUAP opens by suggesting, “Today’s cities are experiencing rapid urbanization. … Food supplies are vulnerable to disruptions from extreme weather, labor shortages and a lack of diversified production.”
“Food is traveling farther to reach consumers, and is coming from fewer, increasingly large farms,” the document explains. “Few municipal governments have established plans to ensure their food system is sustainable and resilient.”
The now-adopted plan seeks to address “gaps in the resiliency of Dallas’ food system by providing five key recommendations to increase local production, food sourcing and access through increased agricultural activities.”
One of the program’s primary goals is to “Increase by 20%, 50%, and 75% the acreage of urban gardens producing foods by 2030, 2040, and 2050.”
From the Living Architecture Monitor
