Of Goats And Gardens: Making Sense Of Urban Agriculture In LA

A garden in Santa Monica, Calif. Courtesy of Cultivate LA. Until recently, if you wanted to find out the rules for raising goats in Hollywood, bees in Bel Air or squash in a community garden in South Central Los Angeles, it would have been pretty tough - like standing in various lines at the DMV. Enter a dedicated group of urban planning graduate students at the University of California, Los Angeles. In six months, they waded through the bureaucratic nightmare of urban agriculture laws, ordinances and regulations in each of LA county's 88 cities, using old fashioned in-person interviews and that device called the telephone, so you won't have to. A screenshot of an interactive map created by UCLA students of urban agriculture initiatives in Los Angeles County. Urban agriculture faces some unique challenges in LA and beyond, including the high cost of city land.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/10/04/229220958/of-goats-and-gardens-making-sense-of-la-s-urban-agriculture-maze?ft=1&f=1025