Solutions For Urban Agriculture Celebrates 25 Years Of Growing, Giving And Education

IRVINE, Calif. - Sept. 16, 2016 - PRLog -- Solutions for Urban Agriculture (SFUA) has been engaged on the cutting edge of urban agriculture development for 25 years and plans to bring together a celebration of thanks, fundraising, and launch a new development platform at the Harvest Moon Celebration on this Friday, September 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. atTanaka Farms - 5380 University Drive in Irvine, CA.

Working to transform and improve communities and landscapes through a variety of exciting and creative projects, SFUA is dedicated to serving communities through innovative solutions and educational programming for the management of resources and creative adaptation to issues of sustainability within our food system.

Led by their Chairman, A.G. Kawamura, a third generation California farmer, SFUA has worked with cities, municipalities and developers across the nation. This includes The Incredible Edible Farm, a five-acre agricultural and educational showcase at The Great Park in Irvine.

The Harvest Moon Celebration will feature locally grown and sourced food shared with featured local chefs to provide a dinner under the stars worthy of the Harvest Moon.  There will be live music and featured speakers A.G. Kawamura, founder and Chairman of SFUA, former secretary of California State Board of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Tim Alderson, Executive Director of Seeds of Hope, Erik Cutter, founder of Alegria Fresh and Glenn Tanaka, Owner of Tanaka Farms. Event highlights include a significant, in person, donation to SFUA from Bank of America.

Generously sharing their culinary talents, chefs from the following restaurants will be featured at the Harvest Moon Celebration:

• Lucca Café: www.luccacafe.com
• Provenance: www.dinenb.com/restaurants/provenance
• Bracken's Kitchen: www.brackenskitchen.com
• Rasa Eats: www.asaeats.com
• Sourced Cuisine: www.sourcedcuisine.com
• Rasta Tacos: www.rastataco.com

"We believe we can accomplish greater things together by building strong communities and that hunger is a solvable social issue," stated Jordan Perkins, Executive Director, Solutions for Urban Agriculture. "We are thrilled to have the support and dedication of our board members, who make up some of California's most innovative and experienced minds, to lead the charge on delivering groundbreaking solutions facing today's urban environments."

To learn more about Solutions for Urban Agriculture and how you can get involved, visit http://www.sfua.org.