Work proactively with both visitors and adjoining residents and business owners not actively engaged in the urban agriculture project to increase awareness and understanding. Explore sharing produce with neighbors and educating passers-by to build goodwill.
Provide guidelines and training to the public for installing and maintaining urban agriculture through various forums and the media, including face-to-face workshops and the internet.
Build partnerships with schools, youth organizations and farmers markets so that students, teenagers and interested members can learn about urban agriculture.
Install information kiosks on the street that explain the benefits of urban agriculture, and describe the direct benefits of sustainable food and associated benefits of rain gardens and sustainable infrastructure.
Explore incentives like reduced on-site parking and open space requirements if existing and new developments can help create significant opportunities for urban agriculture within the street right-of-way.
Where food is grown for selling, especially on residual areas next to the road, modify and change zoning regulations to allow the commercial activities of selling, buying and storing food.
Consider the water requirements of each plant grouping and develop watering zones based on similar plant water frequency requirements. It may be possible to maintain a single zone by providing additional emitters or sprayers at the plants with higher water requirements to balance the system.
