Course: SAT 220 Designing Food Production Systems in Urban Landscapes

Reading and Multimedia Assignments

Reading Assignments
Reading Assignments

Barriers Outline

Begin this unit's readings with this simple outline. Refer to it as you read the following links regarding Seattle, Washington and issues of urban agriculture.  Try to see how the points in the outline are addressed (or not) in the other reading assignments listed below.

All of the remaining reading assignments center on urban agriculture in Seattle, Washington. While this city has a rather progressive view of urban gardening, there are still barriers to making a thriving, functional urban agriculture system.

Urban Agriculture in Seattle: Policy & Barriers

The following document outlines five years of Seattle’s policies on urban agriculture and identifies the barriers to urban agriculture in the city.

prepared for City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch Program & Department of Planning and Development by Leah Erickson , Kyle Griggs, Matt Maria & Hester Serebrin, © City of Seattle

P-Patch Community Gardening Program

A P-Patch is an open space for all members of a community. The following web page is an overview of Seattle’s program. Pay particular attention to the sections on costs.

© City of Seattle

Rules for Participating

This short article explains the rules for Seattle’s P-Patch, shared community garden program.

© City of Seattle

Growing Food in Planting Strips

Finally, read the following web page regarding planting in parkways or planting strips, those small areas of ground between the sidewalk and the street.

© City of Seattle