While many people think of rural landscapes as agricultural hubs, more and more people are realizing the benefits of growing food, flowers, and fiber in urban spaces. Urban cores and peri-urban spaces ...

Lack of accessibility and availability of fresh produce in urban settings is increasing. As large grocery stores move out of urban areas, fresh produce availability has become more challenging. In ...

Mr. Buckner, a neighbor in our Ninth Ward New Orleans neighborhood, planted vegetables in his backyard. The Buckners, who had no children, taught me, my sister and Freddie who lived next door how to ...

Picture stepping onto your urban balcony and picking fresh tomatoes, basil, and leafy greens for tonight’s dinner. This simple act connects you to a growing movement transforming our cities into ...

Caputo S.; Schoen V., Specht K., Grard B., Blythe C., Cohen N., Fox-Kämper R., Hawes J Newell J., and Poniży L. 2021. “Applying the food-energy-water nexus ...

One year after Philadelphia released its first plan for support urban gardening and farming, city officials emphasized the importance of urban agriculture and called for new investments during a City ...

On a busy corner in West Sacramento, surrounded by high-density housing and railroad tracks, sits a 1-half acre oasis of soil and green shoots. A group of young people tend to organized rows of ...

Feed Denver, a group that sets up urban farms around the Mile High City and trains neighbors to sustain them, had been chosen to participate in Bonterra’s Campaign for Urban Farming, an effort by the ...

Yolanda Young of The Young Family farm, trims greens on beets to sell at their weekly farmers market event on Saturdays. Tammy Ljungblad [email protected] Your Guide to KC: Star culture and ...

DETROIT – Detroit urban farmers are mobilizing to provide fresh produce to community members affected by the temporary suspension of federal SNAP benefits during November’s government shutdown. “We’re ...