5 Ways to Prove Your Urban-farming Cred
January 18, 2016Talk the talk and walk the walk by getting involved in urban farming in your community.
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.
Find Your Urban-Farming Community
January 18, 2016Plugging into urban-farming-related organizations across the U.S. will help you find the support you need to build your urban-farming-community network.
Oh, So That’s Why We’re Doing This!
May 7, 2015For all those people who told you urban farming isn’t “real” farming or said your operation was too small to make a difference or earn an income, you now have something to fight back with. Nearly a fifth of the world’s food come from city farms, and more than 800 million people are growing […]
Urban Farmers May Get a Tax Break
February 17, 2012Photo courtesy of iStockphoto/Thinkstock A new bill proposed in Salt Lake City will give urban farmers a tax break. Urban farmers in Salt Lake City, Utah, might soon be receiving tax breaks on their property. SB22, the measure that will allow this to happen, was sent to the House, thanks to a 29-0 Senate vote. […]
Urban-farming Apprenticeships
February 3, 2012Photo courtesy of Thinkstock Urban-farming apprenticeships are popping up all over the country. Would-be farmers have a new way to hone their skills while helping to increase access to fresh produce in urban communities: urban-farming apprenticeship programs. They’ve been cropping up across the country with mounting frequency for the past few years, offering specialized, hands-on […]
Growing for Good
October 4, 2011Photo courtesy Growing Cities Filmmakers Dan Susman (right) and Andrew Monbouquette (left) traveled the country looking for urban farming. Article first published in Urban Farm November/December 2011. From children swiftly entering their teenage years to small towns hastily developing into cities, growth — and change — happens within a blink of an eye. But a […]
An Inspired Read
July 29, 2011Photo courtesy of www.breakingthroughconcrete.com Breaking Through Concrete shows the diversity of urban agriculture throughout the U.S. When David Hanson and Edwin Marty realized that most of their recent conversations revolved around the popularity of urban farms, the pair decided the trend was worth writing about. “We decided to put together a book proposal to take […]
Reality TV Takes on Urban Farming
May 17, 2011Reality TV meets urban farming in the documentary series The Urban Conversion.
