Urban Agriculture

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

Volunteers plant a small ornamental garden at the corner of a newly cleaned vacant lot in Philadelphia.

How Urban Agriculture Can Improve Food Security

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02.14.19

Rev. Floyd D. Harris Jr. harvests cabbage from Freedom School Fresno’s demonstration farm. (Photo © Joan Cusick)

Fresno’s Freedom School is Changing the Narrative on Farming for Black Youth

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02.13.19

Darren Chapman in the field at TigerMountain urban farm.

A Phoenix Urban Garden Provides At-Risk Individuals a Path Forward

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01.17.19

Roy Reid (center) working with service learning students at the CSUF garden. (Photo credit: Sara Johnson)

A Farm and Restaurant Program that Helps Foster Kids Succeed

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01.15.19

people harvesting produce from an edible landscape garden

Edible Landscapes Are Un-Lawning America

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01.14.19

A team of farmers working at the Bronx Foodway as part of a program from Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice and New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program. (Photo by Nathan Hunter)

The Bronx City Park that is Making Public Land Forage-Friendly

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01.01.19

Olympia Auset is Tackling Systemic Racism, One Vegetable at a Time

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09.28.18