5 Urban Farming Lessons
January 18, 2016Take these five lessons from the top of the urban-farm food chain to improve your backyard, rooftop, patio or community garden.
Garden Lessons from Arboretums
January 18, 2016Add arboretums to your urban garden tool kit as handy resources for learning and networking.
Chicago’s Uncommon Ground
January 10, 2013There’s nothing common about the two Uncommon Ground restaurants in Chicago.
Guerrilla Gardening with Seed Bombs
May 23, 2011Turn brown city lots green with the help of seed bombs.
Urban Farmers Fight Legal Hurdles
May 6, 2011Courtesy Hemera/Thinkstock In attempts to grow foods locally, some urban farmers have violated local laws. While aphids are raiding gardens for a taste of the tomatoes, city officials are conducting raids of their own, handing out fines to urban farmers for breaking the law. Yep, growing tomatoes—or any food crops—is illegal in some municipalities. Certain […]
Collaborating in the Name of Food
January 25, 2011Courtesy Hemera/Thinkstock Four national agencies collaborated to create the Principles of a Healthy, Sustainable Food System, a shared platform for creating sustainable food systems. Just as a healthy diet requires a mix of different food groups, a healthy food system requires a mix of different organizations. In 2009, national leaders from four agencies—the American Planning […]
The Amazing Olivia
January 17, 2011Photo by Audrey Pavia The Amazing Olivia is quite the hunter Most urban farmers aren’t too concerned with rodent control. A mouse in the house is more of a problem for us urban types than a mouse in the grain room for rural farmers. But as my friend Lisa’s dog Olivia showed me, urban farms […]
Food Safety Bill Signed into Law
January 4, 2011The Food Safety Modernization Act will give the FDA more power to regulate unsafe foods but continue to protect small-farm rights.
Aeroponics Shapes Future of Urban Ag
November 5, 2010Courtesy AeroFarms Aerofarms uses aeroponic technology to commercially grow leafy greens, such as arugula. Commercial farming has met its urban match. AeroFarms, a company in Ithaca, N.Y., provides aeroponic technology and business expertise to help grow and sell leafy greens in urban buildings on a commercial level. The aeroponic system is a type of hydroponic […]
School to Train New York Farmers
October 26, 2010Courtesy Just Food Farm School NYC will utilize urban farms around the city as classrooms for hands-on agricultural instruction. Country farming and city farming are like two sides of the same coin: Both involve raising plants and animals for food and require similar expertise in horticulture and animal husbandry. But in contrast to their country […]
