Designed by Jaemi Jackson. Chicken designed by Carly Vanderlee, Turkey designed by Matt Steele, Duck designed by Isabel Martínez Isabel, Goose designed by José Hernandez (all from The Noun Project).

All data sourced from Cultivate LA: An Assessment of Urban Agriculture in Los Angeles County

Research conducted by Masters of Urban and Regional Planning students at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs JUNE 2013

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WHAT IS URBAN AGRICULTURE?"Urban Agriculture is an activity that produces, processes, distributes, or sells a diversity of food and non-food products, on land and water in urban and peri-urban areas, using or reusing natural resources and urban wastes, to yield a diversity of crops and livestock.”

HOW IS IT DISTRIBUTED?

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HOW IS IT REGULATED?Los Angeles County includes 88 cities and unincorporated county land. Urban agriculture is not uniformly regulated throughout the county.

25% REGULATE FLORAOF MUNICIPALITIES

87% REGULATE FAUNAOF MUNICIPALITIES

WHERE IS URBAN AGRICULTURE?FOWLFOWL FOWL FOWL FOWL

Population: 9,962,789 • Area: 4,752 square miles • Area of active agricultural land use: 587 square miles • Average density: 2,420 people per square mile

- Adapted from the United Nations Development Programme, 1996 by UP217A on Feb 19, 2013

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Average distance traveled by urban farmers to distribute their goods

Average distance traveled by farmers market vendors to

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DENSER CITIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A GREATER CONCENTRATION OF URBAN AGRICULTURE SITES

121% FRESH FOOD VENDORS TRAVEL

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*Based on a case study of the Altadena Farmers Market

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