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• encourage urban farming
  • vacant lots
  • victory gardens -- seed banks/seed exchange with varieties that work well locally
    • canning workshops
  • vertical farms
  • hydroponics? (lots of  local expertise)
  • lawn sharing
• expand/copy farmers' market credit  program for low-income people
• bee & pollinator planting
• orchards  & other food plantings in public parks -- explore options
• city administered/supported lawn sharing program pairing potential farmers with people with extra lawn space
• protect ALR from development pressures
• food deserts -- identify and address zones in city with little to no access to fresh fruit and veg
  • subsidized business rental space for green grocer/general food stores in residential neighbourhoods? (old corner stores)