The administration and direction of this project has been turned over to the local community which is now in the process of setting up its own non-profit society. Manhattan Coop Rooftop Garden UBC landscape architecture students prepared designs for an expansion of the rooftop garden on the Manhattan in the spring of 1985. Members of the Coop were inspired to take part in the planning and fundraising for the garden, however completion of this project awaits further funding to pay for decking the whole roof. Publicity for this project encouraged a number of other city co-ops to consider setting up their own rooftop gardens. Promotion of Urban Agriculture During 1985 City Farmer's name reached more and more people, not only via current projects but also through lectures, consulting, published materials, and other promotional activities.
Requests come from all over the world for copies of it.
For the first time a book on Canadian agriculture has included a thoughtful, positive section on the merits of urban agriculture. More than three pages of Down to Earth 'The Crisis in Canadian Farming' by Carole Giangrande are devoted to the work of City Farmer. Our library continues to receive the latest reference materials most of which are not available anywhere else in the city. The City Farmer office is open to the public five days a week, fifty-two weeks of the year. The greening of the concrete jungle has begun.