OAKLAND, Calif. -- The city of Oakland will soon be home to seven community market farms where they grow all kinds of vegetables. And Oakland is just one of several cities doing so.

“We bring the rural right here into the urban. While the farms maybe leaving in the rural area new farms are springing up here,” said Abeni Ramsey of City Slicker Farms in Oakland.

Every minute of every day farmers lose two acres of land to development, according to American Farmland Trust. But as the land disappears the need for fresh produce is on the rise.

“It is a way to reconnect individuals within the community to their food system as well as promoting self sufficiency,” said Ramsey.

City slicker farms oversees 21,000 square-feet of land, where they grow fresh, non-certified organic vegetables that they distribute to the public.

In Sunol, this is an 18-acre farm which gives opportunities for minority farmers to grow their own vegetables.

“It's a place where small farmers, beginning farmers can come and get access to land that is already capitalized, the fence is in the irrigation systems are in,” said Sibella Kraus of Sustainable Agriculture Education.

But some experts believe community farming isn't enough. With high demand and a growing population, community farms can only produce so much. But some people disagree with that statement and say with a little help from the government, California will be just fine.

“Rather than say is farming viable what does it take to make farming viable?” said Kraus. “We are not going to give up on wanting food, and we are certainly going to want more and more local food.”

“Get the city and state behind empowering local organizations to take under-utilized or under resourced land to convert it into places where we can grow food I think we can meet the need of California,” said Ramsey.

The sage group is also advising city leaders in Santa Clara County about opening a community farm in that area.