Part 1. The Sweet Water Organics fish vegetable farm is in a 10,000 sq. ft. old Milwaukee factory building.

Sweet Water Organics

“Sweet Water Organics is the first major commercial upgrading of MacArthur genius Will Allen’s aquaculture methodologies, i.e. a three-tiered, aquaponic, bio-intensive fish-vegetable garden. Sweet Water is the anchor project in the transformation of a massive industrial building in an “industrial slum” into a show-case of the potential of living technologies and high-value added urban agriculture.

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Urban Farming Advocates

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small business owners and organizations seeking to legalize urban farming in the City of L.A. We respectfully challenge outdated ordinances that restrict people’s freedom to use residential land for urban agriculture and self-reliance, practiced in a sustainable and responsible way, and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.

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Mirabelle restaurant’s garden

By Jenn Harris
LAmag.com,
October 19, 2009

Just feet from the 110 freeway’s Academy exit and behind a tall iron gate, a garden oasis is hiding. The Solano Community Garden in Angelino Heights is home to Mirabelle restaurant’s new edible garden, where the West Hollywood establishment grows 100 percent organic produce on a four-and-a-half-acre plot.

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