Urban Agriculture

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

Meei Ling Ng in the UBC Garden of Eden. (Photo © Sang Cun)

The Artist Creating Urban Farms to Feed Philadelphia

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09.20.18

graphic of people standing in a food desert

The Hidden Resilience of ‘Food Desert’ Neighborhoods

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09.14.18

Sacramento's Soil Born Farms. (Photo CC-licensed by Annie & John)

Sacramento Is Making Urban Agriculture a Way of Life

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09.12.18

A Green Garden popup stand at the Herbivorous Butcher. (Photo courtesy of Green Garden Bakery)

Teen-Run Bakery Brings Healthy Food and Job Training to Minneapolis

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08.29.18

inspiring women in the food system collage

The Inspiring Women Reshaping the Food System

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08.06.18

anthony reyes in the garden

Anthony Reyes: Building Dignity for the Homeless Through Farming

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07.27.18

young entrepreneurs making hot sauce

In Camden, a Hot Sauce is Helping Young Urban Entrepreneurs Fight Poverty

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07.24.18

Church congregants at the Pleasant Hope Baptist Church monthly community market.

Black Churches, Powerful Cultural Forces, Set Their Sights on Food Security

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07.09.18

immigrant farmers at the Kent farmers' market

Local Food Grown by Immigrants is Connecting this Seattle Suburb

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07.04.18