Chapter 7: The Bypassed East

The Bypassed East is cold, receives a good amount of precipitation, and is mountainous.The Bypassed East and San Francisco are similar except for the mountains. San Francisco averages 57.3 degrees Fahrenheit annually. San Francisco has an annual average precipitation of 22.28 inches with the wettest month being in January with 4.72 inches (www.idcide.com). Among major U.S. cities, San Francisco has the coldest daily mean, maximum, and minimum temperatures for June, July and August.

The Bay Area is in a high traffic, high population location it would be hard to set up a farm close to the City. According to the San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance, San Francisco is at the forefront of urban agriculture in America.  The City is working on legislation to permit urban gardens in all areas of San Francisco and the sale of all produce grown in those gardens. Some factors that prevent the Bay area from having a lot of agriculture are that it is covered with buildings and there is high pollution. Solano County and Sonoma County are places in the Bay area that have agrucultural land.