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Food production

Food production

Intent: 

To improve access to fresh produce by providing space, infrastructure and tools for on-site food production.

If a project does not sell or provide food and/or beverages on a daily basis, it is considered in compliance with the precondition Features 38, 39, 40, 43 and 44. However, precondition Features 41 and 45 are still applicable to the project. Regardless of whether or not a project serves food on a daily basis, all Nourishment optimizations will be considered on the project scorecard and contribute to scoring.

Yes, fruit trees and edible landscaping meet the feature intent of improving access to fresh produce. For calculation purposes, the plot area would be included in the space measurement, rather than the area of the foliage.