there's a hidden Farm in the middle of a Los Angeles neighborhood that produces thousands of pounds of fresh produce and they do it in a sustainable way Cal's Reena Nano shows us how growing in your community can help your community grow Farm to Table isn't just a trend here it's an ethos so this is arula but we're going to be putting on the tomato and corn salad the farm kitchen and dining table are all in one place Little City farm in Oxford Square from the outside it looks like any other home on this residential street
hi welcome but as you walk past the front gate you're transported into a 10,000 ft world of green this was uh under concrete for 100 years we wanted to see if we could bring back the soil Angus James owns the lot in 2020 he and his co-founder ripped up half of a tennis court hoping to start a family garden it was supposed to be a casual pandemic project the garden for me is like my therapist office but when they hired Benjamin h the plants took off we have our bay leaf tree which I planted when
it was like this big this flip-flop and Fedora wearing La native is an Urban Farmer inspired by gangster gardener Ron Finley he helped turn this unused land into a sustainable Farm use gray water from the house to water the crops raise chickens and compost scraps in the first year alone they harvested 800 lb of fresh organic produce to supply a local restaurant this is opal basil as the farm flourished and the Pand pic continued the founders realized they were sitting on an opportunity people were looking for outdoor places to do venues to do a birthday
our friends started hitting us up and it just got a snowballed from there enter Jessica Jonas it's a jewel in the middle of the city the event coordinator took the sustainability idea to the next level to host zero waste events we don't do single use beverage we have a very limited bar here it's just Farm toog glass cocktail that has the juices harvested here the Door furniture is upcycled table wear is thrifted decorations are natural and because many of the ingredients are sourced here there's no CO2 emission from grocery deliveries little city Farm's bread and
butter is now a farm tour plus a private Chef dinner party an intimate way to connect with your community they say their goal is to show others that this is possible even in LA and to inspire others to do the same there's 25 30 houses on this block and they all have grass in their front yard we need to set it up where I'm going to grow some stuff and you're going to grow some stuff and you're going to grow some stuff and we're going to all trade the dream of food Forest Utopia in the
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