Grow and Eat

Growing food is a great way to get healthy, save money, lower your environmental impact and connect with others. Urban agriculture involves growing food and raising small animals like chickens, goats, and bees in the city. It’s becoming more popular and we’re working to update policies and connect you to resources that make it easier to grow food. At the same time, there are programs through community centers and organizations in Seattle to help residents learn to cook and eat more healthily.

Grow Your Own Food

SPU guide to Growing Food in the City

Raising chickens (Seattle Tilth, external link)

P-Patch community gardens

Growing food in planting strips

Growing food in Seattle parks & community centers

Garden hotline

Land use codes

Seattle Market Gardens

City Fruit

Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands

Urban agriculture certificate program (Seattle Central CC; will move to Antioch)

Find and Prepare Local Food

Puget Sound Fresh (info on farms, farmer's markets, CSAs, seasonal cooking)

Parks Community Kitchens

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