SERVICE
Register your culinary garden
If you have a restaurant garden, you can use its fruits and veggies in your kitchen if they are grown safely.
What to know
Using your onsite garden
- If your restaurant has a garden used for food, you have to fill out a special agreement about using safe garden practices.
- After filling it out, the district health inspector must approve it.
Follow best practices
- Good management practices include where you grow your culinary garden and how you harvest from it.
- Following these can keep your garden safe from contamination.
What to do
1. Follow City guidance
If you have a garden at your restaurant, you can use its produce in your meals. But everything must be grown in a safe and healthy way.
To help manage your garden safely for the public, check out our guide on best practices for culinary gardens.
2. Register your garden
The Health Department has a sign-up system to make sure the food from these gardens is safe to eat. Complete the form at:
Culinary garden self-registration
Send the form to:
49 South Van Ness Avenue
Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94103
Get help
Address
49 South Van Ness Avenue
Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone
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What to know
Using your onsite garden
- If your restaurant has a garden used for food, you have to fill out a special agreement about using safe garden practices.
- After filling it out, the district health inspector must approve it.
Follow best practices
- Good management practices include where you grow your culinary garden and how you harvest from it.
- Following these can keep your garden safe from contamination.
What to do
1. Follow City guidance
If you have a garden at your restaurant, you can use its produce in your meals. But everything must be grown in a safe and healthy way.
To help manage your garden safely for the public, check out our guide on best practices for culinary gardens.
2. Register your garden
The Health Department has a sign-up system to make sure the food from these gardens is safe to eat. Complete the form at:
Culinary garden self-registration
Send the form to:
49 South Van Ness Avenue
Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94103
Get help
Address
49 South Van Ness Avenue
Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94103