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Urban agriculture: Janelle Herbert of Riverbend Gardens, Edmonton

Urban Agriculture is an opportunity in NE Edmonton. Janelle Herbert of Riverbend Gardens explains how unique her farm's area is for producing local food for Edmonton. The microclimate next to the North Saskatchewan River, the well-drained soils and irrigation make for a unique, high-value food crop area inside Edmonton's city boundaries. As a young farm family, Janelle makes the case for an urban agriculture zone in NE Edmonton to grow Edmonton's capacity to be a food destination.