Would a vegetable garden count for this credit?
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Trista Brown
Project DirectorWSP USA
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July 9, 2013 - 4:26 pm
Hi Emmanuel,
I'm not sure that a vegetable garden would qualify for this credit, since the intent is to provide habitat space with indigenous plant species. If the vegetables are native/adapted species and you can demonstrate that the space provides habitat value, you could try for it, but I haven't seen any projects pursue this particular credit with a veggie garden.
Jenny Carney
Vice PresidentWSP
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July 30, 2013 - 2:02 pm
Emmanuel, I'm with Trista here that food production would not contribute to SSc5, though you should check out the Pilot Credit related to food production: http://www.usgbc.org/node/2743609?return=/pilotcredits
Emmanuel Pauwels
OwnerGreen Living Projects
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July 30, 2013 - 3:27 pm
Trista and Jenny,
Thanks for your comments. It was my intuition that it would not count because of lack of biodiversity and lack of habitat value. I like the food production pilot credit so we will look into that. Great idea.