More Urban Farming--Up on the Roof

More people are farming in urban areas, a recent article in the New York Times reports about roof top gardening in cities throughout the country.  I have been fascinated in recent years about the boom in urban gardening.  I was looking for an article that I wrote a few years ago about urban gardening in SF (I think it made it's debut in an older print version of my newsletter).  At the time, there were two companies that were helping homeowners garden in their backyard.  Both companies will, for a fee, help the homeowner by instailing farm beds and planting them.  They also will send farmers in to the backyard farms to tend these farms--including mulching, weeding and harvesting the vegetables.  What a perfect service for the busy professional.  Also good for the environment and provides healthier food. 

It was nice to see that a San Francisco trend-setter (a homeowner in the Mission) has been farming his roof top for years.