FarmCity is NOFFN's new initiative to increase the number of land-based projects on vacant lots in New Orleans -- through assistance in acquiring the land, incubation of the projects, offering resources and technical assistance, market development, and training.

1. Sanjay Kharod Executive Director
sanjay@noffn.org
1838 Feliciana Street
New Orleans, LA 70117
504.872.0745
www.noffn.org
info@noffn.org

3. Issues

Food Deserts

Blighted Neighborhoods

Abundance of Vacant Land

Market Demand for Local Food

Not Enough Farmers

Limited Income Opportunities in Poor
Neighborhoods

5. Gentilly
Ge

6. Lakeview

7. Algiers
7th Ward

8. Dwyer
Canal

9. Land Issues
Training &
Mentoring
Financing
Market
Development
4 obstacles to
establishing
sustainable
projects

11. A support infrastructure for projects like:
Farms
Community Gardens
Neighborhood Orchards
Pocket Parks
Community Space

12. A resource base of materials and information;
organizing, education, and training; and the
incubation of food and farm projects.

13. Goals
 Develop pathways for entrepreneurial
growers, market farmers, neighborhood groups to
acquire vacant land (govt. agencies & private
landowners) for land-based projects.
 Assure landowners that proposed projects will
happen and be sustained.
 Provide project incubation assistance through
project development, training/mentoring, finance
options, and accessing markets.

14. Land Issues
Training &
Land Mentoring
Access
(Living Lots
NOLA Map)
Financing
Property
Liability
Insurance
Market
Development
Soil
Testing
Water
Hookup
Soil &
Compost
Resources

15. Land Issues
Training &
Mentoring
Financing
Mentoring/
Internships
Market
Development
Community
Workshops
Growers
Guide Wiki
Farmer
Trainings

16. Land Issues
Training &
Mentoring
Financing
Market
Development
Farm
Financing
Reference
Business Plan
Guidance
(GoodWork)
Funding
Resource
Directory

17. Land IssuesSafety
Food
Guidelines
Training &
Mentoring
Harvest
Calendar
Product
Liability
Insurance
Good
Agricultural
Practices
Available
Markets
Financing
Market
Development
Certified
Kitchens

21. Code for Living Lots NOLA is here:
https://github.com/596acres
All of the code that interacts with New
Orleans data is here:
https://github.com/596acres/noladata
The site is still in development and password protected:
log in: http://livinglotsnola.org/login/
username: livinglotsnolapreview
password: alpha