Bruno Luconi farms under powerlines
The climate of the Southern Coastlands is humid and subtropical so it gives mild winter and hot summers with a long growing season. According to the textbook, only in Hawaii, southern California, and southwestern Arizona do farmers benefit from growing seasons equivalent to those of the Southern Coastlands. So, I looked into the agriculture of Los Angeles. It is easy to think that there isn’t any farm or farmer in urbanized regions. Of course, it is a challenge but it is also an opportunity. L.A.'s urban farmers are part of a global phenomenon, judging from a report recently published by the United Nations Development Program. Though they are "overlooked, underestimated and underreported," there are perhaps 800 million urban farmers worldwide who produce about 15 percent of the world's food supply, the report concluded. In the Los Angeles area, Southern California Edison is probably the largest owner of what passes for farmland in the city: the thousands of acres of grassy rights-of-way under high-voltage power lines. The utility company rents out 2,000 acres to 300 growers of nursery stock and another 2,000 acres to 100 farmers for all-purpose farming, an Edison spokesman said.
Source: http://www.seasonalchef.com/lafarm.htm
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