The City’s proposed urban agriculture ordinance is a “good first step for the city to take on urban agriculture issues in a real, formal way,” says Julie Pezzino with Grow Pittsburgh. But there are a number of aspects of the ordinance that can be improved upon to really encourage healthy local food systems and reuse of vacant land, say leaders in the local food community, including Burgh Bees, the East End Food Co-op, Penn State Cooperative Extension, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Pittsburgh Food Policy Council.

Concerns addressed permit fees in excess of $300, which could serve as a barrier to residents, especially in low-income, historically disadvantaged areas where many vacant lots are already thriving as urban gardens.

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