Urban Agriculture

Tosha Phonix stands outside the goat pen.

In St. Louis, Tosha Phonix is Growing Food Justice

By Hannah Wallace and Tosha Phonix

July 1, 2021

How the organizer is supporting Black farmers, creating a community-owned grocery store, and expanding food access in her city.

These Garden Mentors Are Growing Equity

June 11, 2021

Share a Seed Founder Reana Kovalcik (right) chats with Erin Palmer, ANC 4B02 Commissioner. (Photo credit: Hannah Packman, Slow Food DC)

The Race to Transform a Wisconsin Farm into a Justice-Focused Agrihood

May 12, 2021

A view of the Voit farm in Wisconsin through a barbed wire fence. (Photo by Susan Shain)

Civil Eats TV: Planting with Purpose at Urban Tilth

By The Civil Eats Editors

April 6, 2021

Doria Robinson in the fields at Urban Tilth's North Richmond Farm

As Food Scrap Collection Peaks, NYC Community Compost Sites Face Evictions

March 3, 2021

Food scraps at the Lower East Side Ecology Center's compost yard.

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

By Rhonda J. Smith, Planet Detroit

November 6, 2020

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

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

October 16, 2020

Nicole Virgil in her backyard garden.

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

By Karen Washington

July 10, 2020

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

Rediscovering Detroit’s Roots Through Indigenous Food

June 18, 2020

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)

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

By Nadra Nittle

June 10, 2020

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

Feeding an Indigenous Community and Rematriating Seeds in Minneapolis

By Nadra Nittle

June 9, 2020

Students working in the garden at Dream of Wild Health

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

May 1, 2020

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

The Rebirth of Urban Ag is a Coronavirus Silver Lining

April 15, 2020

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

The New York Artist Reintroducing Wild, Edible Foods

By Doug Bierend

January 3, 2020

Candace Thompson standing in nature with edible plants

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

By Brittany Hutson

December 12, 2019

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

Pittsburgh Grows Urban Gardens in the Fight Against Gentrification

December 6, 2019

pittsburgh's urban farmers

Baltimore is at the Vanguard of a National Black Vegan Movement

By Jesse James Deconto

November 5, 2019

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

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

By Cassie M. Chew

September 26, 2019

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

Clean Soil Is Rejuvenating New York’s Urban Farms

September 11, 2019

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

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

August 21, 2019

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

Can Food Forests Fight Hunger?

August 14, 2019

hand picking an apple from a food forest

Soil Generation is Saving Community Gardens in Philadelphia

By Gosia Wozniacka

July 23, 2019

A gathering of urban farmers and gardeners in Philadelphia

A NYC Urban Garden Teaches Youth Community and Justice

By Jennifer D. Adams and Pieranna Pieroni, The Conversation

July 17, 2019

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)

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

March 28, 2019

farming at urban adamah - woman moving a wheelbarrow

How Urban Agriculture Can Improve Food Security

By Miguel Altieri

February 14, 2019

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