Urban Agriculture

Johanna Willingham (left), who manages Georgia FarmLink on behalf of ALT, and Jean Young (right), the first incubator farmer at ALT’s Williams Farm Incubator Program, walk the greenhouse at Williams Farm. (Photo credit: Oisakhose Aghomo)

Forging Pathways to Land Access for BIPOC Farmers in Georgia

March 2, 2023

Emerging tools are helping young and beginning BIPOC farmers find farmland and navigate the confusing legal process needed to acquire and manage it.

Op-ed: Maryland’s New Governor Has His Sights Set on Ending Food Insecurity

By Anthony Nicome

February 2, 2023

These Chicago Urban Farmers Are Growing Local Food in the Wake of Steel Industry Pollution

By Paul Gordon

January 26, 2023

Xavier “X” Colon, a young person with long braided black hair, a baseball cap, and a bright orange hi-visibility shirt, stands in the fields at South Chicago Farm. (Photo by Paul Gordon)

Urban Farms Are Stepping Up Their Roles in Communities Nationwide

By Rachel Surls

November 10, 2022

At far right, urban farmers Richard Garcia and Erika Cuellar, the founders of Alma Backyard farms, with some of their crew. (Photo credit: Rachel Surls)

Year-Round Farming in Massachusetts? How the State Is Investing in Solutions.

By Meg Wilcox

October 31, 2022

Eastie Farm's geothermal greenhouse, built with funds from a food security infrastructure grant from the state. (Photo credit: Meg Wilcox)

In South Los Angeles, a Church Community Takes Food Sovereignty Into Its Own Hands

By Alice Gelber

October 18, 2022

Parker and Williams are excited by the potential the new lot has and all the people they can feed with what they grow in it.

Can an Urban Farm Run by Police Create Jobs, Feed People, and Build Trust?

By Annie Sciacca

September 14, 2022

A tractor and a podium at the unveiling of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office unveiling of the Dig Deep acquisition of Ardenwood Farm. (Photo credit: Joy C. Liu, Alameda County Sheriff's Office)

Agrihoods Promise Fresh Food and Community. Can They Add Equity to the List?

By Grey Moran

September 6, 2022

A rendering of the proposed Santa Clara Agrihood. (Public records filing, City of Santa Clara)

How to Garden Through Climate Change

By Naomi Starkman

September 1, 2022

Sally Morgan with her book, "The Healthy Vegetable Garden."

Only Two States Have Passed ‘Right to Garden’ Laws. Will Others Follow?

By Katherine Kornei

August 20, 2022

A home garden in Maine. (Photo CC-licensed by the National Garden Clubs)

Inside the Effort to Unionize Square Roots, Kimbal Musk’s Vertical Farming Company

By Lucy dean stockton

June 1, 2022

a square roots worker packs basil inside the vertical farm company's facility in Brooklyn in 2018. (Photo by Preston Keres, USDA)

The Field Report: We Asked the USDA About Its New Garden—and Its Larger Climate Goals

By Lisa Held

May 5, 2022

Tom Vilsack breaks ground at the USDA People's Garden. (Photo credit: Tom Witham, USDA)

Public Libraries Are Making It Easy to Check Out Seeds—and Plant a Garden

By Bridget Shirvell

April 25, 2022

The MLK branch of the Oakland Public Library. (Photo credit: Celia Davis / OPL)

The Urban Farms Growing Community in Vacant Chicago Lots

By Jordyn Harrison, YES! Magazine

February 18, 2022

Seamus Ford stands at the north corner of the garden after giving a tour in October 2021. (Photo by Jordyn Harrison)

NYC Community Gardeners Might Have New Protection in the Fight Against Development

By Grey Moran

February 7, 2022

The Garden of Eden in the Bronx. (Photo credit: Greta Moran)

A Farm Grows Atop a Convention Center in NYC

By Bridget Shirvell

December 8, 2021

planting crops on the rooftop farm and urban farm at javits convention center in new york city.

A Baltimore Urban Farm Fights for Food Sovereignty in the Face of Eviction

By Jaisal Noor, Yes! Magazine

December 3, 2021

Black Yield Institute’s Cherry Hill Urban Community Garden. (Photo by Jaisal Noor)

In Tucson, ‘Barrio-Supported Agriculture’ Feeds the Latino Community

By Lourdes Medrano, YES! Magazine

October 22, 2021

Tuscon's first locally sustainable and organic food truck sponsored by the Flowers and Bullets Collective.

Op-ed: 6 Reasons People of Color Should Grow Their Own Food

By Sarah Ratliff

September 3, 2021

An adult and child, both people of color, are planting kale in the garden on a sunny day

Meet the Black Women Driving New Ag Policy

By Nadra Nittle

August 24, 2021

Black women farmer-politicians. From left: Kim Jackson of Georgia, Sonya Harper of Illinois, and Juanita Brent of Ohio.

In St. Louis, Tosha Phonix is Growing Food Justice

By Hannah Wallace and Tosha Phonix

July 1, 2021

Tosha Phonix stands outside the goat pen.

These Garden Mentors Are Growing Equity

By Lisa Held

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

By Susan Shain

May 12, 2021

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

By Grey Moran

March 3, 2021

Urban Agriculture

Forging Pathways to Land Access for BIPOC Farmers in Georgia

Op-ed: Maryland’s New Governor Has His Sights Set on Ending Food Insecurity

These Chicago Urban Farmers Are Growing Local Food in the Wake of Steel Industry Pollution

Urban Farms Are Stepping Up Their Roles in Communities Nationwide

Year-Round Farming in Massachusetts? How the State Is Investing in Solutions.

Today’s food system is complex.

In South Los Angeles, a Church Community Takes Food Sovereignty Into Its Own Hands

Can an Urban Farm Run by Police Create Jobs, Feed People, and Build Trust?

Agrihoods Promise Fresh Food and Community. Can They Add Equity to the List?

How to Garden Through Climate Change

Only Two States Have Passed ‘Right to Garden’ Laws. Will Others Follow?

Inside the Effort to Unionize Square Roots, Kimbal Musk’s Vertical Farming Company

The Field Report: We Asked the USDA About Its New Garden—and Its Larger Climate Goals

Public Libraries Are Making It Easy to Check Out Seeds—and Plant a Garden

The Urban Farms Growing Community in Vacant Chicago Lots

NYC Community Gardeners Might Have New Protection in the Fight Against Development

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A Farm Grows Atop a Convention Center in NYC

A Baltimore Urban Farm Fights for Food Sovereignty in the Face of Eviction

In Tucson, ‘Barrio-Supported Agriculture’ Feeds the Latino Community

Op-ed: 6 Reasons People of Color Should Grow Their Own Food

Meet the Black Women Driving New Ag Policy

In St. Louis, Tosha Phonix is Growing Food Justice

These Garden Mentors Are Growing Equity

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

Civil Eats TV: Planting with Purpose at Urban Tilth

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