Urban Farming
Denver Urban Gardens empowers communities across the city to grow their own food, foster connections and build healthier, more resilient neighborhoods.
With a network of over 200 gardens and food forests across seven counties, Denver Urban Gardens is cultivating more than food — it’s growing community leadership, health equity and environmental resilience.
With the United Nations’ designation of 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives, ag leaders reflect on the economics of cooperatives.
A new report from the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts ranked all 50 U.S. states by access to locally produced food, revealing that smaller states like Vermont, Oregon and Maine lead the nation in connecting residents with nearby farms, while major agricultural producers often lag.
Human urine is gaining recognition as a sustainable, nutrient-rich fertilizer with the potential to benefit small urban farms, home gardens and large-scale farms, offering a low-cost solution to rising fertilizer prices and environmental concerns.
From Memphis to Nashville and Chattanooga, urban farms throughout the state are reclaiming land, reviving food traditions and redefining what it means to grow community in the heart of a city.
Stephen Lucke, founder of Gardopia Gardens in San Antonio, is using school gardens and drought-smart agriculture to empower the next generation and grow healthier, more resilient communities.
Green Our Planet empowers students and communities by turning schoolyards into thriving gardens that teach science, nutrition and sustainability — despite the challenges of farming in the desert.
Through a competitive grant process, GrowBoston has awarded $352,000 in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to four local non-profits, each receiving $88,000 to employ part-time Urban Agriculture Ambassadors.
Green City Growers transforms rooftops, schools and public spaces into thriving urban farms, combining hands-on maintenance with agricultural expertise to make city farming sustainable and accessible.
Urban farms like Growing Gardens and The Side Yard Farm play an important role in providing fresh, local food to Portland’s food insecure, but climate change, funding freezes and shifting policies are making it harder for them to sustain their mission.
Urban Growers Collective has established farms that provide fresh produce, economic opportunities and agricultural education.
Your Faith Farms founder Patrick S. Muhammad is blending modern homesteading with hands-on agricultural education and mentoring to help Black families build self-sustainable farms.
Partnership for Growth LA seeks to democratize and scale urban farming and enhance food accessibility through its flagship program, Freedom Farms.
A Kansas City couple’s dream was flourishing, then came the reality of balancing urban ag and city codes.
Farmers, food advocates and community members gathered to discuss the future of urban agriculture in Kansas City and surrounding areas.