Urban Agriculture

The Oakland Avenue Urban Farm. (Photo courtesy of Planet Detroit)

It Took a Group of Black Farmers to Start Fixing Land Ownership Problems in Detroit

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11.06.20

Nicole Virgil in her backyard garden.

Without a ‘Right to Garden’ Law, It May Be Illegal to Grow Your Own Food

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10.16.20

Karen Washington in her urban farm. Photo courtesy of Bioneers.

Op-ed: How Urban Agriculture Can Fight Racism in the Food System

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07.10.20

Shiloh Maples in the Sacred Roots garden holding Walpole Island flint corn. Some of the seed will be saved for the seed library and some will be used in food processing workshops. (Photo courtesy of Shiloh Maples)

Rediscovering Detroit’s Roots Through Indigenous Food

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06.18.20

A man harvesting fresh produce in a greenhouse in Jackson, Missippi.

‘Fertile Ground’ Explores How Jackson, Mississippi, Is Charting a Better Food Future

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06.10.20

Vietnamese immigrant urban farmer Tham Nguyen tends vegetables at VEGGI co-op farm. Photo by Sarah Sax.

A Vietnamese Farmers’ Cooperative in New Orleans Offers a Lesson in Resilience

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05.01.20

Maria harvesting at Alemany Farm. (Photo by Jason Mark)

The Rebirth of Urban Ag is a Coronavirus Silver Lining

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04.15.20

Candace Thompson standing in nature with edible plants

The New York Artist Reintroducing Wild, Edible Foods

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01.03.20

From left: Ederique Goudia of Gabriel Hall, Reniel Billups , Brittiany Peeler of Experience Relish, and Le'Genevieve Squires of Experience Relish. (Photo © Val Waller.)

Women Chefs and Farmers Are the Backbone of Detroit’s Food System

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12.12.19

pittsburgh's urban farmers

Pittsburgh Grows Urban Gardens in the Fight Against Gentrification

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12.06.19

Eric Jackson in Cherry Hill. (Photo by Jesse James DeConto)

Baltimore is at the Vanguard of a National Black Vegan Movement

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11.05.19

Gail Taylor on her D.C. urban farm. (Photo © Lise Metzger.)

The Woman Leading the Way for Urban Farming in the Nation’s Capital

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09.26.19

Green City Force team leader CheVon Cooper (right) and Americorps member Manuel at the Forest Houses gardens. (Photo by Robert Cowan)

Clean Soil Is Rejuvenating New York’s Urban Farms

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09.11.19

Kannan Thiruvengadam with Jessica Ventura, and the sign given by Ventura's grandfather to Eastie Farm.

Boston’s Eastie Farm Builds Community and Resilience on the Front Lines of Climate Change

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08.21.19

hand picking an apple from a food forest

Can Food Forests Fight Hunger?

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08.14.19

A gathering of urban farmers and gardeners in Philadelphia

Soil Generation is Saving Community Gardens in Philadelphia

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07.23.19

Sunflowers and luffa vines — related to cucumber, gourd and squash — are tended by a Community Roots participant and mentor in a Brooklyn school community garden with their instructor (right). (Photo by Pieranna Pieroni)

A NYC Urban Garden Teaches Youth Community and Justice

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07.17.19

farming at urban adamah - woman moving a wheelbarrow

Could the Ancient Jewish Practice of Shmita Be a New Tool for Sustainable Ag?

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03.28.19