Urban agriculture is emerging as a key player in the search to develop sustainable cities, offering not just fresh produce but a portfolio of ecosystem services that can extend far beyond the farm and ...

House appropriators are once again targeting the Agriculture Department’s urban farming program. Federal efforts to expand agriculture in urban areas are facing a fight for survival in the coming ...

Will Allen is a former professional basketball player, but after his hooping days ended, he decided to trade the court for crops. Allen is credited with being a pioneer in the world of urban ...

Coronavirus lockdowns are pushing more city dwellers to grow fruit and vegetables in their homes, providing a potentially lasting boost to urban farming, architects and food experts said this week.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Today, Michigan State University will host the Urban Agriculture Summit to highlight key issues for urban farmers and stakeholders. The event will be at the James B. Henry ...

BELTSVILLE, Md. — The University of the District of Columbia is aiming to tackle a number of urban environmental and health challenges through agriculture education targeting for small city spaces.

On a busy corner in West Sacramento, surrounded by high-density housing and railroad tracks, sits a 1-half acre oasis of soil and green shoots. A group of young people tend to organized rows of ...

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach’s Urban Agriculture Program is set to host a public information ...

Like a well-cultivated plant, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis keeps growing. The Urban League recently celebrated the opening of its greenhouse and hydroponic units, which are key to the ...

Andrea Reynosa’s “John Street Pasture,” a public project at 1 John Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn, in collaboration with Brooklyn Grange, Alloy, & Smack Mellon (photograph by Etienne Frossard, courtesy of ...

Lagos State government through the State Agricultural Development Authority, (LSADA) has called for the adoption of integrative solutions towards solving food insecurity with proper administration of ...