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Recipe: Basil Chicken with Pasta

Recipes | Urban Farming |
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Who doesn’t like a good chicken and pasta dish!?

Recipe: Mint Summer Punch with Lemon

Urban Farming
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This makes a great summer drink, but it’s good enough for any season.

Recipe: Roasted Roots with Herbs

Urban Farming
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Here’s a great autumn comfort food.

Grilled Fish Tacos with Zesty Herb Slaw

Urban Farming
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This Southern California classic has an herb twist.

Herb-centric Recipes

Urban Farming
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From basil to thyme, nature’s zest is more than a sideshow. Try some of our online recipes using your favorite backyard flavorings to change up your summer meals.

Goat Stats

Animals | Large Animals | Urban Farming |
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Use these quick facts to better understand how your goats operate.

Houdini Horses

Urban Farming
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Photo by Audrey Pavia Rio and Milagro – Houdini’s relatives reincarnated? You’d think I kept monkeys instead of horses, with the problems I have keeping my animals confined to my backyard. Seems one or both of my Spanish Mustangs manages to escape the back part of the yard and find their way to the back […]

Once a Victory Garden

Urban Farming
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For 68 years, Dowling Community Garden has put the "community” in Minneapolis community gardening.

Poll: Most Americans Prefer Organic Foods

Urban Farming
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Photo courtesy Martin Poole/Digital Vision/Thinkstock According to the most recent Thomas Reuters-NPR Health Poll survey, the preference for organic food is less prevalent among older Americans and more prevalent among those with higher education. Since April 2010, Thomas Reuters and NPR have surveyed approximately 3,000 Americans each month to gauge attitudes and opinions on a wide range […]

Growing in a Small-Scale Greenhouse

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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When I was a little girl, my mother’s glasshouse was an oasis in the seemingly endless, waterlogged, Northwestern winters. The bright lights and heat canceled any chill, and the smells of humidity, soil and new growth were invigorating for the body and soul. It was an escape from the cold reality of winter into the […]

Get Cultured in Kefir

Urban Farming
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Easy to make and enjoy, fermented milk does a body good.

A Slew of Slaws

Urban Farming
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