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I am deeply concerned that Urban Agriculture has not been discussed
more in previos webinars and at a recent meeting I attended in
Sacramneto. I am equally concerned that the African American
Communities that are in most distressed areas will get isolated
once again! Looking at the Maps that were displayed depicted very
high levels of GHG emissions as well serious health disparities in
these communities. I would suggest that Urban Gardens, can help to
reduce emissions and health with the development of Urban Garden
and Edible Parks. I am an Urban Farmer (con10u2Farm)who has
solutions to help reduce the goals of AB32. 
We simply have to have minorities points of view as this process
moves forward. While air quality is critical to our State's ability
to reduce emissions over the next decade, we need to develop food
cells/security so that fossil fuels standards are met in the
community as well.
It is vital that we have healthy communities and the best way to
achieve this is through planting Urban Gardens and edible parks
along with creating use of green alleysways. The land trust
organizations did not even cover concerns of the urban communities.
One organization talked about ($$) for Boodekker park in San
Francisco. Funds should not be used for such foolish projects that
waste taxpayers money, to be sure it's a poor area in a rich city,
just not a good idea for funding.
Urabn Agriculture should be toping the list of projects that are
currently being considered for funding. I have attended dozens of
meetings over the past 5 years and spoke on the reduction goals and
now advocating for Urban gardens. California Health is it's wealth
and the best way to achieve this is taking care of it's people by
making available fresh locally grown foods that are grown nearby.
We have a profliferation of food deserts all over the California
that needs to be addressed. Con10u2Farm, would like to help develop
this concept to enhance and improve the way future communities are
designed through Urban Garden concepts. Education and outreach will
also be part of the plan to birth the concepts. A new social
enterprise can be born to deal with high employment rates as well,
agriprenuers who are the future Urban Famers in California will be
trained to grow local food cells. The recycling of organic waste is
another great opportunity for Urban farmers to create offsets for
their community. I would be delighted to provide valuable imput on
this concept and further provide the pathway to implementation
around our beautiful state for Urban Gardens,Edible Parks and
Alleyways.