. >> i am brooke buttner and operating 3/4 acre farm in the mission terrace neighborhood. little city guard season a small business and an experiment in the economic viability and we grow salad greens, cooking greens and culinary herbs that we can't wait to sell to san francisco residents and restaurants. we started a year ago because we recognized something that san francisco lacked. at the time there were no commercial urban farms operating in the city. we felt strongly that if we were going to see an increase in efficient food production in san francisco, we also needed to see a viable business model for an urban farm, so we set out to design a model that could work for us. and we imagined there would be unforeseen obstacles to running a business in the city but also meaningful work. and we were right on both accounts. and the first was that the current zoning code prevents us from selling the produce we grow because we are in a residential neighborhood. i am happy to be here today to encourage you to pass the code which will allow us to sell the produce. and to give yo