{"id":1159,"date":"2013-10-02T21:37:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T21:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cucsj.org\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2013-10-02T21:37:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T21:37:39","slug":"garden-to-table-advocates-for-agriculture-land-use-on-industrial-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cucsj.org\/pt\/2013\/10\/02\/garden-to-table-advocates-for-agriculture-land-use-on-industrial-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden to Table Advocates for Agriculture Land Use on Industrial Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"

CommUniverCity San Jos\u00e9’s Growing Sustainably<\/a>, a direct partnership of Garden to Table<\/a>, advocated successfully for changing Title 20 (Zoning Ordinance) <\/a>for industrial zones to allow up to one acre of urban agricultural land use.<\/p>\n

When Barry Swenson\u00a0signed a land use agreement with Garden to Table to allow them to use a one-acre empty lot by Taylor Street and Guadalupe Parkway, the City of San Jose reached out to Zach Lewis, Garden to Table Executive Director, to work together on making changes to the land use ordinance. As part of the General Plan update for Envision 2040, the City of San Jos\u00e9\u00a0strived to improve access to healthy, fresh foods.<\/p>\n

Garden to Table intern Tracy Minicucci and CommUniverCity San Jos\u00e9\u00a0Project Coordinator Greg Currey worked with Zach to research best practices from Seattle, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, and Kansas. After presenting these best practices, Garden to Table helped the city draft an update to the zoning ordinance, addressing the following items:<\/p>\n