Three-Part Annotated Bibliography

Make a copy of this to submit.

PART 1 MLA citation. Do your best to create an MLA8 citation for the article of your
choice (choose 1 article from the flipboard articles I provided).
Write the citation below:

Surls, Rachel A., et al. “Urban Agriculture in California: Lessons Learned from an Urban
Farmer Workshop Series.” California Agriculture (Berkeley, Calif.), vol. 77, no. 2, 2023, pp.
57–62, https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2023a0010.

How to Cite Electronic Sources

PART 2 SUMMARIZE THE ARTICLE: Read carefully one of the articles on the flipboard
page and then write a 5-6 sentence summary of the author’s main points. Introduce
source and identify main arguments and author’s purpose. Here’s one way to begin….

In the article, “Tipflation is on the Rise” Maggie Jenkins discusses….

Tips for Writing Summaries:

In your words
Author’s main ideas (Leave your opinions out)
Thorough
Cited at end
Written in present tense when discussing articles

WRITE YOUR SUMMARY HERE:

In the article, “Urban Agriculture in California,” Rachel Surls discusses issues

surrounding Urban Farming. Urban Agriculture can simply resemble a lifestyle where one grows
their food in their backyard, or more significantly, it can involve organizations producing a wide
variety of produce in an urban area for their community. Unfortunately, due to the unpopularity of
these businesses, there is often a lack of money, support, and experience. A UC ANR
Competitive Grant began fundraising to address and resolve many issues. Urban Agriculture
(UA) organizations began scheduling workshops to train farmers and the funding allowed for
more economic stability than ever before. Urban Farming has evolved over the past several
years, providing Americans with fresh, healthy food.

Surls, Rachel A., et al. “Urban Agriculture in California: Lessons Learned from an Urban Farmer
Workshop Series.” California Agriculture (Berkeley, Calif.), vol. 77, no. 2, 2023, pp. 57–62,
https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2023a0010.

PART 3 QUOTE/ANALYSIS:
Add 3 or 4 significant passages/sentences from the article that stand out to you. Then,
deeply analyze each one.
“Quote” + citation Your Analysis: your opinion, your
response, a question? Your connection,
your point of view.

1. “To some who call themselves
urban farmers, it means producing
food for their own family in their
own backyard. For others, urban
farming is a commercial enterprise,
either for profit or nonprofit, and
often, though not always, at a very
small scale” (Surls 1).
1. This surprised me, as I had only
ever heard about Urban Farming as
a personal lifestyle. Urban Farming
seems to be an unpopular job since
it is sometimes nonprofit. This
makes me wonder what caused this
unpopularity. Knowing that Urban
Agriculture organizations are often
small and nonprofit, they probably
lack economic stability.

2. They found that urban farms were
very small (less than three acres in
size on average), were usually led
by beginning farmers, and most
often operated in a nonprofit rather
than for-profit context (Surls 2).
2. This quote confirmed what I was
questioning in the previous analysis.
These small farms were usually nonprofit,
which not only caused economic issues
but also possibly ineffectiveness. Lack of
money could lead to poor soil and water
quality which would then result in
unsatisfactory produce. I also noticed that
these businesses were often led by
inexperienced farmers which would likely
add to the ineffectiveness of the product
(food).

3. Funded through a UC ANR 3. What is a UC ANR Competitive Grant?

Competitive Grant, the workshops After doing some research, I found that it
were geared toward helping urban is a funding organization that is earned
farmers maximize their success through a competitive application
 and minimize risks related to
operational viability. The 2013
needs assessment highlighted
areas where urban farmers needed
special training to address soil
quality and contamination, water
conservation during drought, low
yield, economic sustainability, and
other issues (Surls 2).
4. Open-ended responses indicated
that participants not only valued
the workshop content, mode of
delivery, and quality of speakers,
but highly valued networking as an
outcome of the workshop series.
Participants enjoyed meeting
like-minded individuals, talking to
other farmers and sharing
information and advice (Surls 4).
process. This is clearly an effective
fundraising business as it allows Urban
Agriculture organizations to solve many
very important issues.
4. From this quote, it seems that the issue
of inexperience has been solved by these
helpful workshops. Now that these
farmers have vital knowledge about
farming, they can use this information to
greatly improve Urban Agriculture. This
seems to be a turning point for these
organizations. This quote also hints that
the sense of community developed
through these workshops was helpful and
important.