Tucked between warehouses, a junkyard and an auto glass shop, beds of grains and rows of soil sit, awaiting active hands and curious minds. Soon, this plot at 742 W. 1300 South in Glendale will be a working, living, breathing urban farm producing fresh food for low-income families across the Salt Lake Valley and west-siders just strolling by, said James Loomis, the director of agricultural operations for Wasatch Community Gardens , the longstanding nonprofit that will run the farm.
“We’ll have fruit trees and grapes and all kinds of things that people can grab as a little snack as they’re walking their dog, as well as introduce people and remind them that food is there,” Loomis said. “It’s easy to grow, it’s easy to harvest. That’s our whole mission at Wasatch Community Gardens, is to help people grow and eat healthy, local, organic food.
What better way to do that than practically have it hit them in the face when they’re out walking their dog.” (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) James Loomis at Wasatch Community Gardens' new urban farm on the west side of Salt Lake City, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The lot is just now beginning to see life as Loomis transplants the nonprofit’s downtown Green Phoenix farm to this spot.
The new site incorporates the former Cannon Greens Community Garden and additional land. Wasatch Community Gardens announced last month it would manage the plot after it also acquired another farm space a mile farther west, on Utah Street.
