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Represents urban agriculture sites in the District of Columbia. These are distinguished from community gardens in that they are generally not intended for the public to use the space for their own growing activities, and in that many have a commercial focus.Compiled by the Office of Planning through correspondence with District growers, as well as accessing of their published information.Note that organizations with one or more small growing sites (<.01 acres) are not included in this layer, although Office of Planning does track such sites to calculate total acreage under cultivation in the District.Fields include:Company: Company or organization in charge of the site.GrowingAddress: Address at which growing and food production operations take place.Status: Type of organization (for-profit or non-profit).Acreage: Number of acres under cultivation at site. In most cases, numbers are as they were self-reported by growers in mid-2016.Website: Web URL which links to organization's website, if available.Last updated in October 2017. |