Little City Gardens in San Francisco, CA is hoping to expand their operation. For the past year, Caitlyn Galloway and Brooke Budner have been growing artisinal salad mix, braising mix and culinary herbs on a 1/16-acre backyard plot in the Mission District, which they sell to individual subscribers and local restaurants. They also hold workshops to teach the local community about farming in the city, and somehow have managed to maintain paid jobs off the farm the entire time. Now they’d like to expand to a 1/2-acre plot, dedicate themselves to farming full time and continue “the local, national, and global dialogue about growing food in cities”.
Brooke and Caitlyn have built a business worth investing in, and in addition to that they have created a model useful to anyone interested in starting or expanding their own urban farm. They have put together a business plan and stated their goals clearly. You can see from their Kickstarter page that their hard work is paying off. They are getting a terrific response from their community and we wish them the best in reaching their fundraising goals by May 4th, 2010!
Don’t miss the Little City Gardens video, just click on the Kickstarter image above.
Tags: Brooke Budner, Caitlyn Galloway, Little City Farms, San Francisco, sustainable farming, Urban Farm
