The front yards of Los Angeles present a vast, underutilized terrain within a rapidly densifying city.

“What is that chasm between the house and the street?” - Fritz Haeg

A typical Los Angeles residential city block, measured from street centerline to street centerline, is 5.13 acres in area.

Of this, .85 acres (17%) is comprised of front yards and parkways, territories typically left fallow.

Existing and possible monocultures- grass and corn.

An examination of the inputs and outputs resulting from each possibility.

One city block has the potential to satisfy the caloric needs of 29.5 people.

“What happens when you graft agriculture onto a city?”  - Fritz Haeg

Los Angeles city limits encompass 498.3 square miles.

17 percent of which is 84.7 square miles.

The fallow territory with the City of Los Angeles can potentially produce enough food to feed 1,889,134 people annually.