“These code changes will strengthen our community food security”

From the Seattle government website
8/16/2010

SEATTLE – As part of the 2010 Year of Urban Agriculture, the Seattle City Council approved Council Bill 116907 that supports the rapidly growing local food movement. The ordinance updates the City’s Land Use code governing urban agriculture uses, including allowing “urban farms” and “community gardens” in all zones, with some limitations in industrial zones. Also, residents will now be able to sell food grown on their property.

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To conduct its urban indoor farming business, Urban Ag will be utilizing TerraSphere’s proprietary system of vertically stacked growing trays

PRNewswire
Red Bank, N.J.
Aug. 16, 2010

Excerpt:

“We plan to locally produce, in urban areas, environmentally friendly and sustainably grown healthy fruits and vegetables on a year-round basis,” commented Ed Reilly, CEO of Urban Ag.  ”TerraSphere has developed an advanced growth system that should allow us to produce these products year around, regardless of weather or environmental conditions, significantly benefiting local communities.  Using these proprietary growth systems, we plan to produce fruits and vegetables that are free of herbicides and pesticides and that will have a substantially longer shelf life than agricultural products produced by traditional farming techniques.”

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