A Feasibility Study for Urban Edge Agricultural Parks - SAGE

Project/Sponsor(Location)OverviewConserved AgriculturalLand (acres)# Farmers SupportedAcres Open Space/Rec.LandsPublic AccessFarmerTenureParcelizationCrops/EnvironmentalPracticesFunding SourcesLa Foce (Tuscany, Italy)Market olive producingvilla to internationaltourists as part of anetwork of rural networkvillas targetingagricultural tourism.Weekly public access.3,500 1 Y Ownership One villa provides5 vacation rentalunitsaccommodatingover 75 people.Crops include wineand olive oil, olivegroves, extensivecultivated fields andwoodsCustomer base.Revenue fromtourism and lodgingfees, etc.Purple Orchard Innand Resort (Livermore,CA)Market olive producingspa and B&B to tourists aspart of agriculturalpreserve21 L Ownership Single Parcel.Surroundingeasement district.1,276 manzanillo olivetrees, Sera FestinoExtra Virgin Olive OilOperatingrevenues.Green Gulch Zen Farm(Sausalito, CA)Operates as one of threecenters that comprise theSan Francisco Zen Center(for Buddhist practices).Includes an organic farmand garden, guest house+ conference center.Y Non-profitownershipSingle farm All organic. Floweringplants, natives,culinary and medicinalherbs, shrubs,bamboo and fruitplants. Publicprograms: volunteers,classes, workshops, &retreats. Garden &nursery open topublic.