For many years，people in American cities have depended on farmers in rural areas to grow fruits and vegetables．（71）___ Sean Conroe is a college student．Amber Banks is a teacher．They both grew up farming and gardening．Sean Conroe and Amber Banks wanted to start a farm in the middle of Seattle，Washington．They see unused space as a great place to grow food that will make it more accessible for people．"

Sean Conroe created a website to get volunteers and donations．Within a week，they were offered a plot of land between two houses．He says twenty volunteers worked for six weekends to turn the grassy land into a farm．They call their project Alleycat Acres．（72）___They have donated most of it to local food banks that feed hungry people in Seattle．One of the goals of the urban farm is to show city people the joys of growing food．（73）___And Amber Banks says they want the same people who get food donations to learn how to work the soil．

（74）___So are a lot of other urban farming groups．Sean Conroe says："We'd like to expand as much as we can where there are empty lots that have plenty of sunlight and that have access to water．"

Seattle has declared two thousand ten"The Year of Urban Agriculture．"（75）___That is because Seattle，like a lot of other cities，has restrictions on urban farms．The City Council is now considering changing those laws．

A．But the growth of these farms is limited．

B．Like many volunteers，she does not have much gardening experience．

C．Alleycat Acres is expanding'to other empty areas of Seattle．

D．There are many neighborhoods that don't have access to water．

E．They have harvested about ninety kilograms of produce so far．

F．But now a new generation of farmers is planting crops in urban areas．

G．The Alleycats invite school groups to the farm to help out．