This report was produced in September 2012 for the City of Edmonton as part of their City Wide Food & Urban Agriculture Strategy.
Excerpt from Executive Summary:
The City of Edmonton is developing a Citywide Food and Urban Agriculture Strategy (STRATEGY) that is exploring opportunities for resilient food systems in Edmonton. This report supports the STRATEGY by providing an inventory of agricultural lands and activities within the City, with a specific focus on Edmonton’s three Urban Growth Areas (UGAs); the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest parts of Edmonton.
Using the two most recent Censuses of Agriculture (2006, 2011), in addition to several other data sources, this report describes the trends in primary agriculture ‐ farming and farmland between 2006 and 2011 as well as the biophysical characteristics and agricultural land capability of the three UGAs. The report consists of four sections: 1) Introduction and methodology; 2) Biophysical resources and agricultural capability in the UGAs; and 3) Farming and farmland in Edmonton.
