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Vegetable gardens crop up in Seattle parking strips

We've all heard the foodie mantra: Eat Particular.

It's going gangbusters in grocery stores that increasingly hawk local produce. Now, area government has gotten confusing, too.

No, the City Council isn't pushing expensive arugula. A substitute alternatively, it's trying to increase the availability of locally grown rations, especially for those least able to afford it.

"I think there's a real transmutation happening," said Branden Born, assistant professor of urban devise and planning at the University of Washington.

Some of this shift involves probing projects and nonbinding resolutions, which are essentially invisible to general citizens. But for tangible evidence — actual growing data — you need look no further than the lowly curb in front of your tellingly.

It used to be that planting anything but grass in the strip between the sidewalk and the suppress required a permit, even if it was just a spray of flowers or a few carrots. For hardscaping, like steppingstones or raised beds, fees averaging $225 were partial to, too. Would-be gardeners routinely called the city to complain.

Source: Seattle Times

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