Our friend Bryant Terry is a vegan food guru and advocate of urban agriculture. He recently remarked that although there is a lot of current focus on urban farming as a modern concept, its origins date back to pre-WWII shtetls of Central and Eastern Europe. The Cityscape Farms story is all about history - tracing the roots of our modern world back through the ages.

And Bryant knows his history. His amazing cookbook, Vegan Soul Kitchen, is replete with historical and cultural references to ingredients and derivations of his neo-soul food.

Alice Waters wrote: “Bryant Terry knows that good food should be an everyday right and not a privilege. This book is full of easy, tasty, seasonal recipes that also happen to be vegan and affordable!”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

Mayor Newsom’s recently announced regional food policy has been getting a lot of attention. We at Cityscape Farms are thrilled to see such support for urban agriculture come from city government:

“Food production... will be encouraged within the City and, to the extent feasible, on City owned land, through urban agriculture including community, backyard, rooftop, and school gardens; edible landscaping, and agricultural incubator projects.”

You can read the Executive Directive here.