Urban Farms Stretched Thin as Demand for Locally Sourced Spikes in LB

Jun. 23, 2016 / By Michael Lozano and CSULB Enterprise Reporters
Tags: Farming, Food, local food, urban farms

Long Beach residents want more of their food from hyperlocal sources. Here's how new policies might create more farms and jobs in the city.

When the Growing Gets Rough: An Urban Farm Struggles

May. 24, 2013 / By CSULB Enterprise Reporters
Tags: Environment, Farmers' Market, Farming, Farms, Food, Health, Healthy Food, Long Beach

By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Anthony Garza and Michelle Juvet. Videos by Shahrouz Khalifian

Tucked within the Carmelitos Housing Development in North Long Beach, the Growing Experience has been successful as an urban farm growing fresh and healthy produce and selling it at a low cost since 1996...