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The Farm in the City Mission & Vision
Approved by FITC Board of Directors, August 25, 2007

We help people create a healthier community and
a greener environment through urban gardening.

Farm in the City fulfills this by
       focusing on three key areas:

PEOPLE

• Nurturing healthy children
• Demonstrating care for the environment
• Strengthening community interactions and relationships
  - Cultural understanding
  - Inter-Generational
  - Diverse, welcoming community
• Developing leadership skills
• Fostering human ingenuity and innovation

FOOD

• Striving for safe, affordable, diverse, local food sources
• Illuminating the personal connection to food and its source
• Supporting urban food production
• Exhibiting the benefits of low environmental impact
• Learning from and becoming a model for others

ENVIRONMENT

• Sharing the joy of gardening
• Appreciating aesthetics and natural beauty of gardens
• Promoting a sustainable, healthy community
• Expanding citizen-managed green space
• Advocating for and modeling stewardship
• Increasing local awareness of global environmental issues